Variations in treatment of rectal cancer: The influence of hospital type and caseload

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 641-646

  Simons, Anthony J ^a,b   Ker, Rhonda ^a   Groshen, Susan ^a   Gee, Conway ^a   Anthone, Gary J ^a   Ortega, Adrian E ^a   Vukasin, Petar ^a   Ross, Ronald K ^a   Beart Jr , Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b USC UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer, rectal, treatment; Sphincter preservation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RECTUM SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HOSPITALS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030907111     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02140891     Document Type: Article

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