Colorectal cancer: Is the incidence rising in young Iraqi patients?

Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 380-381

  Sheet, Shatha Yousif ^a   Sheikha, Anwar K ^b   Saeed, Ahmed M ^a   Ameen, Hazha Abdulla M ^c   Mohammed, Samir Saleh ^a   Khasraw, Mustafa ^d  

^a Ministry of Health in Iraq   (Iraq)

^b Hiwa Haematology Oncology Hospital   (Iraq)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SULAIMANI   (Iraq)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; BRAZIL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURGERY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONSTIPATION; ENDOSCOPY; EUROPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; IRAQ; LETTER; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; ROMANIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 85027923488     PISSN: 17437555     EISSN: 17437563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-7563.2012.01524.x     Document Type: Letter

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