The investigation of primary rectal cancer by surgeons: Current pattern of practice

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-26

  McMullen, Todd P W ^a   Easson, Alexandra M ^a   Cohen, Zane ^a   Swallow, Carol J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; TUMOR MARKER;

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PELVIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RECTUM CANCER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RECTUM; RECTUM TUMOR; STATISTICS; SURGERY; TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CANADA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SURGERY; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 14744269388     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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