Postsurgical surveillance of colon cancer: Preliminary cost analysis of physician examination, carcinoembryonic antigen testing, chest x-ray, and colonoscopy

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 228, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-63

  Graham, Roger A ^a,d   Wang, Spencer ^a   Catalano, Paul J ^b   Haller, Daniel G ^c  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d Box 1043 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; LEVAMISOLE;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; COLON CANCER; COLON RESECTION; COLONOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CARCINOMA; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032471271     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199807000-00009     Document Type: Article

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