Colorectal cancer is a leading cause of cancer incidence and mortality among adults younger than 50 years in the USA: A SEER-based analysis with comparison to other young-onset cancers

Journal of Investigative Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 311-315

  Bhandari, Abhishek ^a   Woodhouse, Melissa ^b   Gupta, Samir ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CANCER; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; BRONCHUS CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; YOUNG ADULT; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85011347797     PISSN: 10815589     EISSN: 17088267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jim-2016-000229     Document Type: Article

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