Surveillance after colorectal cancer surgery

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 522-525

  De Salvo, Luigi ^a,c   Razzetta, Francesco ^a   Arezzo, Alberto ^a   Tassone, Umberto ^a   Bogliolo, Giuseppe ^b   Bruzzone, Deborah ^a   Mattioli, Francescopaolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer recurrence; Colorectal cancer; Post operative follow up

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RECURRENCE; COLORECTAL CANCER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031473558     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0748-7983(97)93045-6     Document Type: Article

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