Carcinoid of the rectum risk stratification (CaRRS): A strategy for preoperative outcome assessment

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 396-404

  Fahy, Bridget N ^a   Tang, Laura H ^a   Klimstra, David ^a   Wong, W Douglas ^a   Guillem, Jose G ^a   Paty, Philip B ^a   Temple, Larissa K F ^a   Shia, Jinru ^a   Weiser, Martin R ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoid; Outcome; Rectum; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOID; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITOSIS RATE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RECTUM CARCINOID; RECTUM MUCOSA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOID TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33846618725     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-006-9197-3     Document Type: Article

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