The association between referral source and outcome in patients with colorectal cancer

Surgeon

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 141-146

  Schneider, Crispin ^a   Bevis, Paul M ^a   Durdey, Paul ^a   Thomas, Michael G ^a   Sylvester, Paul A ^a   Longman, Robert J ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Fast track clinic; Referrals; Survival outcomes; Two week rule

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; TRENDS; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84877623344     PISSN: 1479666X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surge.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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