POSSUM predicts decreased overall survival in curative resection for colorectal cancer

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 825-832

  Brosens, Rebecca P ^a   Oomen, Joannes L ^a   Glas, Afina S ^a,b   Van Bochove, Aart ^a   Cuesta, Miguel A ^c   Engel, Alexander F ^a  

^a ZAANS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Comorbidity; POSSUM; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSSUM SCORE; PREDICTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33744904996     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-005-0284-5     Document Type: Article

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