Mechanisms of improved survival from intensive followup in colorectal cancer: A hypothesis

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 430-433

  Renehan, A G ^a   Egger, M ^b   Saunders, M P ^a   O'Dwyer, S T ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Followup; Meta analysis; Recurrences; Salvage surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; SALVAGE THERAPY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COLORECTAL TUMOR; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 15244349664     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602369     Document Type: Article

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