Many Patients Who Undergo Surgery for Colorectal Cancer Receive Surveillance Colonoscopies Earlier Than Recommended by Guidelines

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Singh, Amanpal ^a,b   Kuo, Yong Fang ^a,b   Goodwin, James S ^a,b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; MEDICARE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84870858884     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2012.08.009     Document Type: Article

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