Was There shortening of the interval between diagnosis and treatment of colorectal cancer in southern netherlands between 2005 and 2008?

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1071-1079

  Van Steenbergen, L N ^a   Lemmens, V E P P ^a,b   Rutten, H J T ^c   Martijn, H ^c   Coebergh, J W W ^a  

^a Eindhoven Cancer Registry   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RECTUM TUMOR; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954701144     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-010-0480-x     Document Type: Article

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