Patterns of endoscopic follow-up after surgery for nonmetastatic colorectal cancer

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-38

  Cooper, Gregory S ^a   Yuan, Zhong ^a   Chak, Amitabh ^a   Rimm, Alfred A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYPECTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 0033913923     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2000.106685     Document Type: Article

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