Colorectal cancer: Is the surgeon a prognostic factor? A systematic review

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 171, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 308-310

  Meagher, Alan P ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT'S CLINIC   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PROGNOSIS; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING;

EID: 0033588930     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1999.tb123665.x     Document Type: Article

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