Assigning a cause for a particular outcome in oncology: A serious note of caution

Cancer

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 668-670

  Markman, Maurie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOTE; ONCOLOGY; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 50249113330     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23631     Document Type: Note

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