Can early diagnosis of symptomatic colorectal cancer improve the prognosis?

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 716-720

  Gonzalez Hermoso, Fernando ^a   Perez Palma, Julian ^a   Marchena Gomez, Joaquin ^a   Lorenzo Rocha, Nieves ^a   Medina Arana, Vincente ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNDROME DELINEATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 4143074837     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-004-7232-8     Document Type: Article

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