Evaluation of the use of decision-support software in carcino-embryonic antigen (CEA)-based follow-up of patients with colorectal cancer

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Verberne, Charlotte J ^a   Nijboer, Cornelis H ^a   De Bock, Geertruida H ^a   Grossmann, Irene ^b   Wiggers, Theo ^a   Havenga, Klaas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

colorectal cancer; follow up; workflow automation

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REFERENCE VALUES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84857681350     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-12-14     Document Type: Article

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