22 Nov
Esophageal Cancer Epidemiology in Blacks and Whites: METHODS
METHODS
Incidence, mortality and histology data were obtained from population-based data collected by the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Program of the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The SEER-9 registry is utilized to obtain statistics for the most recent decade of available data, 1991-2000. Invasive esophageal cancers are included for residents of nine geographical regions comparable [...]