Nurse or surgeon follow-up after rectal cancer: A randomized trial

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 999-1003

  Strand, E ^a   Nygren, I ^a   Bergkvist, L ^a   Smedh, Kenneth ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Follow up; Rectal cancer; Specialist nurse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM CANCER; SURGEON;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051748918     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2010.02317.x     Document Type: Article

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