Small but significant survival benefit in patients who undergo routine follow-up after colorectal cancer surgery

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1093-1097

  Bonthuis, D C ^a   Landheer, M L E A ^a   Spillenaar Bilgen, E J ^a   Slootmans, F C W ^a   van Lier, H ^b   Klinkenbijl, J H G ^a   Wobbes, Th ^b  

^a RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Follow up; Recurrent disease; Resection; Survival benefit

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLON RESECTION; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLON TUMOR; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM TUMOR; REOPERATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CARCINOMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COLECTOMY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 13944257074     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2004.06.018     Document Type: Article

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