Improvable quality of diagnostic assessment of colorectal cancer in southern Netherlands

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 570-575

  Van Steenbergen, Liza N ^a,e   Lemmens, Valery E ^a   Straathof, Jan Willem A ^b   Nijhuis, Paul H ^c   Gelderman, Willem A ^a   Coebergh, Jan Willem W ^a,d  

^a Erasmus University Rotterdam and Eindhoven Cancer Registry   (Netherlands)

^b MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VIECURI MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e Eindhoven   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; Diagnostic imaging; Guideline adherence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE PREPARATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; NETHERLANDS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67651158855     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e328325a6ed     Document Type: Article

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