Lymph node examination rate, survival rate, and quality of care in colon cancer

JAMA

Volumn 299, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 896-

  Bilimoria, Karl Y ^a   Stewart, Andrew K ^a   Edge, Stephen B ^b   Ko, Clifford Y ^a  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLON CANCER; COLON RESECTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; COLON TUMOR; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MORTALITY; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CANCER SURVIVAL; HOSPITAL SERVICE;

COLECTOMY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 40349088568     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.299.8.896-a     Document Type: Letter

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