Clinical characteristics and outcomes in patients with advanced rectal cancer: A national prospective cohort study

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 285-291

  Sigurdsson, Helgi Kjartan ^a,b   Körner, Hartwig ^a,b,c   Dahl, Olav ^b,c   Skarstein, Arne ^b,c   Søreide, Jon Arne ^a,b  

^a STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Advanced disease; National cohort study; Outcomes; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; FOLINATE CALCIUM;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM CANCER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NORWAY; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847781364     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-006-0770-4     Document Type: Article

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