Quality measures for the use of adjuvant chemotherapy and radiation therapy in patients with colorectal cancer a systematic review

Cancer

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2352-2360

  Prosnitz, Robert G ^a   Patwardhan, Meenal B ^b   Samsa, Gregory P ^b   Mantyh, Christopher R ^a   Fisher, Deborah A ^a,c   McCrory, Douglas C ^b   Cline, Kathryn E ^b   Gray, Rebecca N ^b   Morse, Michael A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjuvant therapy; Chemotherapy; Coloractal cancer; Health care quality; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 33750975904     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.22278     Document Type: Review

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