Receipt of recommended therapy by patients with advanced colorectal cancer

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1320-1328

  Abraham, Neena S ^a,b   Gossey, J Travis ^a   Davila, Jessica A ^a   Al Oudat, Sarah ^a   Kramer, Jennifer K ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CAUCASIAN; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; TEXAS;

EID: 33744810394     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00545.x     Document Type: Article

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