Surveillance following treatment for colorectal cancer in Australia. Has best practice been adopted by medical oncologists?

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 6 A, 2008, Pages 415-421

  Kosmider, S ^a,b   Field, K ^c   Jefford, M ^b,c   Jennens, R ^c   Gibbs, P ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^d LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Surveillance; Survey

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AUSTRALIA; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MORBIDITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 45749083378     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01482.x     Document Type: Article

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