Adherence to national guidelines for gastric cancer in the Netherlands: A retrospective population-based audit

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1156-1161

  Ho, Vincent K Y ^a   Damhuis, Ronald A M ^a   Hartgrink, Henk H ^b  

^a Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organization   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

chemotherapy; gastric cancer; guideline; surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; CARDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NETHERLANDS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872855063     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.27718     Document Type: Article

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