Lymph node counts in colon cancer surgery: Lessons for users of quality indicators

JAMA

Volumn 298, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 2194-2195

  Simunovic, Marko ^a,b   Baxter, Nancy N ^c,d  

^a HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CANCER; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 36148976761     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.298.18.2194     Document Type: Editorial

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