Increased use of low anterior resection for veterans with rectal cancer

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-41

  Abraham, N S ^a,c   Davila, J A ^a   Rabeneck, L ^b   Berger, D H ^a   El Serag, H B ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM SURGERY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 12944309766     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2004.02286.x     Document Type: Article

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