Hospital-to-hospital variation in lymph node detection after colorectal resection

Cancer

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1065-1071

  Miller, Eric A ^a   Woosley, John ^b   Martin, Christopher F ^a   Sandler, Robert S ^a,b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal carcinoma; Hospital volume; Lymph nodes; Resection; Staging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON RESECTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM RESECTION; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NORTH CAROLINA; ODDS RATIO; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 4143143220     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.20478     Document Type: Article

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