An evaluation of postoperative follow-up tests in colon cancer patients treated for cure

Oncology (Switzerland)

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 287-292

  Peethambaram, Prema ^a   Weiss, Matthias ^a   Loprinzi, Charles L ^a   Novotny, Paul ^a   O’fallon, Judith R ^a   Erlichman, Charles ^a   O’connell, Michael J ^a   Laurie, John A ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Grand Forks Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Follow up; Tests

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; GAMMA INTERFERON; HEMOGLOBIN; LEVAMISOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CANCER; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030916164     PISSN: 00302414     EISSN: 14230232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000227705     Document Type: Article

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