Does comorbidity interact with colorectal cancer to increase mortality? A nationwide population-based cohort study

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2005-2013

  Erichsen, R ^a   Horvath Puho E ^a   H Iversen, L ^a   Lash, T L ^a,b   Sorensen H T ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biological interaction; colorectal neoplasm; epidemiology; survival; synergy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEUKEMIA; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; SCHOOL CHILD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84885177965     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.541     Document Type: Article

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