The impact of hospital volume on the number of nodes retrieved and outcome in colorectal cancer

American Surgeon

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 944-947

  Truong, Caitlyn ^a   Wong, Jan H ^a,b,d   Lum, Sharon S ^a   Morgan, John W ^b,c   Roy Chowdhury, Sharmila ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Division of Surgical Oncology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTASIS; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CALIFORNIA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 55949116383     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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