Volume of surgical activity and lymph node evaluation for patients with colorectal cancer in France

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 261-267

  Dejardin, Olivier ^a   Ruault, Edouard ^a   Jooste, Valérie ^b,c   Pornet, Carole ^a   Bouvier, Véronique ^a   Bouvier, Anne Marie ^b,c   Launoy, Guy ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Colorectal neoplasms; France; Healthcare disparities; Lymph nodes; Volume of activity

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FRANCE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; ODDS RATIO; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84856576565     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: 18783562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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