Effects of change in rectal cancer management on outcomes in British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 225-231

  Phang, P Terry ^a   McGahan, Colleen E ^a   McGregor, Greg ^a   MaCfarlane, John K ^a   Brown, Carl J ^a   Raval, Manoj J ^a   Cheifetz, Rona ^a   Hay, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CANCER STAGING; COLON RESECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PATHOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COLECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955352429     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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