Lymph node counts as an indicator of quality at the hospital level in colorectal surgery

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 226-230

  Wong, Jan H ^a,b   Lum, Sharon S ^a   Morgan, John W ^a,b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

colorectal cancer; CRC; disease specific survival; DSS; R5CCR; Region 5 of the California Cancer Registry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE COUNT; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM EXAMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960847500     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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