Rectal cancer patients benefit from implementation of a dedicated colorectal cancer center in a Veterans affairs medical center

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 100-104

  Wilks, Jonathan A ^a,b   Liebig, Catherine ^a,b   Tasleem, Syed H ^a   Haderxhanaj, Kujtim ^a   Lee, Liz ^a,b   Farrow, Buckminster ^a,b   Awad, Samir ^a,b   Berger, David ^a,b   Albo, Daniel ^a,b  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer center; Clinical outcomes; Colorectal cancer; Rectal cancer; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER;

AGED; COLECTOMY; COLONOSCOPY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 67649628148     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.09.020     Document Type: Article

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