Gastroenterology
Volume 139, Issue 2 , Page 698 , August 2010

Changes in Risk Factors and Increases in Screening Contribute to the Decline in Colorectal Cancer Mortality, 1975 to 2000

  • Ann G. Zauber

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
    • ,
  • Iris Lansdorp–Vogelaar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

PII: S0016-5085(10)00870-X

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.06.011

Gastroenterology
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