Analysis of patient selection and external validity in the Swedish contribution to the COLOR trial

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1764-1769

  Janson, Martin ^a   Edlund, Gunnar ^b   Kressner, Ulf ^c   Lindholm, Elisabet ^d   Påhlman, Lars ^e   Skullman, Stefan ^f   Anderberg, Bo ^a   Haglind, Eva ^d  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ÖSTERSUND HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f Karnsjukhuset   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clinical papers trials research; Colorectal cancer; Quality control

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CANCER; COLON RESECTION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SWEDEN; ADENOCARCINOMA; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; COLON TUMOR; EMERGENCY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; WORKLOAD;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELECTION BIAS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN; WORKLOAD;

EID: 70349757411     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-008-0203-7     Document Type: Article

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