Chemotherapy in rectal cancer: Variation in utilization and development of an evidencebased benchmark rate of optimal chemotherapy utilization

Clinical Colorectal Cancer

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 102-107

  Jacob, Susannah ^a,b   Ng, Weng ^a   Asghari, Ray ^c   Delaney, Geoff P ^a   Barton, Michael B ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c BANKSTOWN LIDCOMBE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy utilization rate; Evidence based indications; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RECTUM CANCER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 79959476263     PISSN: 15330028     EISSN: 19380674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clcc.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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