Effect of systematic education courses on rectal cancer treatments in a population

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 201, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 640-644

  Phang, P Terry ^a   Woods, Ryan ^a   Brown, Carl J ^a   Raval, Manoj ^a   Cheifetz, Rona ^a   Kennecke, Hagen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Outcomes improvement; Preoperative radiation; Rectal cancer; Surgical education; Total mesorectal excision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOLOGY; PATHOLOGIST; POPULATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TOTAL MESORECTAL EXCISION;

EID: 79955676105     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2011.01.008     Document Type: Article

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