The importance of volume in colorectal cancer surgery

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 213-215

  Hermanek, P ^a,b   Hohenberger, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL TUMOR; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; SURGERY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030167839     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0748-7983(96)80004-7     Document Type: Article

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