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Descriptive epidemiology of colorectal cancer in the United States, 1998–2001
Author(s) -
JacksonThompson Jeannette,
Ahmed Faruque,
German Robert R.,
Lai SueMin,
Friedman Carol
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.22007
Subject(s) - medicine , epidemiology , colorectal cancer , cancer , incidence (geometry) , epidemiology of cancer , population , descriptive statistics , cancer prevention , cancer incidence , family medicine , medline , environmental health , gerontology , statistics , physics , mathematics , breast cancer , political science , law , optics
This article presents an overview of the descriptive epidemiology of colorectal cancer (CRC) in the United States and provides detailed methodologic information on the cancer incidence data from population‐based cancer registries that were used by most of the articles in this supplement. Information in this article and the other articles in the supplement will be important for guiding cancer control and prevention efforts related to reducing the burden of CRC.