Small intestinal cancers among adults in an Egyptian district: A clinicopathological study using a population-based cancer registry

Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 107-114

  Zeeneldin, Ahmed A ^a   Saber, Magdy M ^a   El Din, Ibrahim A Seif ^b   Frag, Sara A ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Gharbiah population based cancer registry; Small intestinal neoplasms; Survival; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; PREDNISOLONE; VINCRISTINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DUODENUM; DUODENUM TUMOR; EGYPT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; ILEUM; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RARE DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOMA; SMALL INTESTINE CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE;

EGYPT; GHARBIAH POPULATION-BASED CANCER REGISTRY; SMALL INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; DUODENAL NEOPLASMS; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEAL NEOPLASMS; INTESTINE, SMALL; JEJUNAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881538263     PISSN: 11100362     EISSN: 16879996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnci.2013.01.004     Document Type: Article

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