Predictive capacity of three comorbidity indices in estimating mortality after surgery for colon cancer

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 26, 2009, Pages 4339-4345

  Hines, Robert B ^a   Chatla, Chakrapani ^a   Bumpers, Harvey L ^a   Waterbor, John W ^a   McGwin Jr , Gerald ^a   Funkhouser, Ellen ^a   Coffey, Christopher S ^a   Posey, James ^a   Manne, Upender ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLON TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ALABAMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 70349328348     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2009.22.4758     Document Type: Article

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