Lymph node evaluation in colon cancer: Assessing the link between quality indicators and quality

JAMA

Volumn 306, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1139-1141

  Wong, Sandra L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 80052778929     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.1318     Document Type: Editorial

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