Surgeon and hospital-related risk factors in colorectal cancer surgery

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1370-1376

  Brannstrom F ^a,b   Jestin, P ^b,c   Matthiessen, P ^d   Gunnarsson, U ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Karlstad Hospital   (Sweden)

^d ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Case load; Colon cancer; Formal competence; Hospital category; Long term survival; Population based; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RISK FACTOR; SURGEON; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; HOSPITALS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SPECIALIZATION; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKLOAD;

EID: 80755143269     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2010.02468.x     Document Type: Article

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