Multimodal CME for surgeons and pathologists improves colon cancer staging

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 81-85

  Smith, Andrew J ^a,b   Law, Calvin H L ^a,b   Khalifa, Mahmoud A ^b   Hsieh, Eugene T K ^b   Hanna, Sherif S ^a,b   Wright, Frances C ^a,b   Poldre, Peeter A ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COLON CANCER; CONTINUING EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGEON;

EID: 0042009564     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15430154JCE1802_09     Document Type: Article

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