Colorectal Cancer Statistics From the Veterans Affairs Central Cancer Registry

Clinical Colorectal Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2016, Pages e199-e204

  Zullig, Leah L ^a,b   Smith, Valerie A ^a,b   Jackson, George L ^a,b   Danus, Susanne ^a   Schnell, Merritt ^a   Lindquist, Jennifer ^a   Provenzale, Dawn ^a,b,c   Weinberger, Morris ^a   Kelley, Michael J ^a,b,d   Bosworth, Hayden B ^a,b,e  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VA Cooperative Studies Program Epidemiology Center   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal; Incidence; Mortality; Neoplasms; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; VETERAN; YOUNG ADULT; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; GOVERNMENT; INCIDENCE; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84996807786     PISSN: 15330028     EISSN: 19380674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clcc.2016.04.005     Document Type: Article

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