Is the increasing rate of local excision for stage I rectal cancer in the United States justified? A nationwide cohort study from the National Cancer Database

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 245, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 726-733

  You, Y Nancy ^a,d   Baxter, Nancy N ^b   Stewart, Andrew ^c   Nelson, Heidi ^a,d  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^d American College of Surgeons Oncology Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CARCINOMA; UNITED STATES;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247571438     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000252590.95116.4f     Document Type: Article

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