An interim analysis of recruitment to the COLOFOL trial

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 756-758

  Wille Jørgensen, Peer ^a,i   Laurberg, S ^b   Pahlman L ^c   Carriquiry, L ^d   Lundqvist, N ^e   Smedh, K ^f   Svanfeldt, M ^g   Bengtson, J ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d HOSPITAL MACIEL   (Uruguay)

^e NORRTÄLJE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^h SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

ⁱ BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Randomised trials; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 68549115537     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2008.01668.x     Document Type: Article

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