Practicability of quality goals for the treatment of rectal cancer

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1093-1102

  Stelzner, Sigmar ^a,b   Hellmich, Gunter ^a   Haroske, Gunter ^a   Puffer, Erik ^a   Jackisch, Thomas ^a   Witzigmann, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b ACADEMIC TEACHING HOSPITAL DRESDEN FRIEDRICHSTADT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anastomotic leak rate; Quality assessment; Quality of treatment; Rectal carcinoma; Recurrence rate; Survival rate

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM ANTERIOR RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; RECURRENCE RISK; REOPERATION; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT DURATION; TUMOR PERFORATION;

GOALS; HUMANS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77955417154     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-010-0965-y     Document Type: Article

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