Utility of routine postoperative laboratory studies in patients undergoing potentially curative resection for adenocarcinoma of the colon and rectum

Cancer Investigation

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 102-109

  Skenderis II, Basil S ^a   Rodriguez Bigas, Miguel ^a   Weber, Thomas K ^a   Petrelli, Nicholas J ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Cost effective; Laboratory values; Postoperative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INSULIN TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CARCINOMA;

EID: 0033045893     PISSN: 07357907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07357909909011723     Document Type: Article

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