Evidence of the effect of 'specialization' on the management, surgical outcome and survival from colorectal cancer in Wessex

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 583-592

  Smith, J A E ^a   King, P M ^a   Lane, R H S ^b   Thompson, M R ^c  

^a S West Cancer Intelligence Service   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HAMPSHIRE COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLOSTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SPECIALISM; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038292065     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4085     Document Type: Article

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