Despite widespread use of endoscopy and improved surgical treatment, the prognosis for gastric cancer remains poor. Although the incidence has been declining for more than 2 decades, unfavourable changes in relative frequency of histological subtypes and subsites may have occurred. We therefore asse
Trends in survival of prostate cancer in southeastern Netherlands, 1971–1989
✍ Scribed by Piet N. Post; Paul J.M. Kil; Jan-Willem W. Coebergh
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 44 KB
- Volume
- 81
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-7136
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