This paper reviews recent trends in pancreatic cancer worldwide. The mortality rate for pancreatic cancer is high in Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Ireland, and some other European countries, but it is low in Asian and southern European countries. A positive correlation was observed between geographical
Epidemiology: Blood type and pancreatic cancer
β Scribed by Aujla, Mandy
- Book ID
- 109949155
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 46 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1759-4774
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