Value of postoperative surveillance after radical surgery for colorectal cancer: Results of a cohort study

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 714-723

  Castells, Antoni ^a,b   Bessa, Xavier ^a   Daniels, Montserrat ^a   Ascaso, Carlos ^a   Lacy, Antonio M ^a   García Valdecasas, Juan Carlos ^a   Gargallo, Laura ^a   Novell, Ferran ^a   Astudillo, Emiliano ^a   Filella, Xavier ^a   Piqué, Josep M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carcinoembryonic antigen; Cohort study; Colorectal cancer; Follow up; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031861342     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02236257     Document Type: Article

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