Profile of lung cancer in Kuwait

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 6181-6184

  El Basmy, Amani ^a,b   Shihab, Al Mohannadi ^b   Ahmed, Al Awadi ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b State of Kuwait   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cancer registry; Incidence; Kuwait; Mortality; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KUWAIT; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KUWAIT; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890455158     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.10.6181     Document Type: Article

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