Non-entry of eligible patients into the Australasian Laparoscopic Colon Cancer Study

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 825-829

  Abraham, Ned S ^a,b   Hewett, Peter ^c   Young, Jane M ^b   Solomon, Michael J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Laparoscopy; Randomized trials

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CANCER; COLON SURGERY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION DENSITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 33747111826     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2006.03878.x     Document Type: Article

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