Mortality and follow-up colonoscopy after colorectal cancer

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 901-906

  Fisher, Deborah A ^a   Jeffreys, Amy ^a   Grambow, Steven C ^a   Provenzale, Dawn ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0038292117     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2003.07376.x     Document Type: Article

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