Rectal cancer in Luxembourg : a national population-based data report, 1988–1998
Abstract Background Morphologic criteria which might help to support the need for a preventive strategy for early detection of rectal cancer were analysed. Population-based data on rectal adenomas with high-grade dysplastic changes (n = 199) and invasive adenocarcinomas (n = 912) registered by the national Morphologic Tumour Registry (MTR) and diagnosed in a central department of pathology in Luxembourg between 1988 and 1998 were considered. Methods The analysis concerned time trends in frequency, crude incidence, tumour-stage, the rectal "high-grade" adenoma/invasive adenocarcinoma-ratio and... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2003 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | BMC Cancer, Vol 3, Iss 1, p 27 (2003) |
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Schlagwörter: | rectal cancer / descriptive epidemiology / stage and survival rates / Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens / RC254-282 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27129393 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-3-27 |