Systematic follow-up after curative surgery for colorectal cancer in Norway: A population-based audit of effectiveness, costs, and compliance

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 320-328

  Körner, Hartwig ^a,b   Söreide, Kjetil ^b   Stokkeland, Pål J ^b   Söreide, Jon Arne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Curative; Follow up; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 14744268249     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2004.09.023     Document Type: Article

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