The multidisciplinary team conference in rectal cancer - A step forward

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 231-232

  Wille Jorgensen P ^a   Bulow S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 60549099234     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2009.01774.x     Document Type: Editorial

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