Therapeutic delay reduces survival of rectal cancer but not of colonic cancer

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1183-1189

  Iversen, L H ^a   Antonsen, S ^a   Laurberg, S ^a   Lautrup, M D ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; THERAPY DELAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DENMARK; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350111186     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.6700     Document Type: Article

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