Which patients with colorectal cancer are followed up by general practitioners? A population-based study

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 535-541

  Mahboubi, Amel ^a,b   Lejeune, Catherine ^a,b   Coriat, Romain ^c   Binquet, Christine ^a,b   Bouvier, Anne Marie ^a,b   Béjean, Sophie ^d   Bedenne, Laurent ^a,b,c   Bonithon Kopp, Claire ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; General practitioner; Recurrence; Registry; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 37349110286     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CEJ.0b013e32801023a2     Document Type: Article

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