title: Time trends in colon, rectum and anus cancer mortality between 1955 and 2008 in Japan, USA and Europe based on the WHO mortality database.
authors.affiliation: Surveillance Division, Center for Cancer Control and Information Services, National Cancer Center.
authors.forename: Kumiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saika
authors.forename: Ryoko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Machii
mesh_terms: D001005:Anus Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014944:World Health Organization