Is timing to delivery of treatment a reliable measure of quality of care for patients with colorectal adenocarcinoma?

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 421-428

  Roland, Christina L ^a   Schwarz, Roderich E ^a   Tong, Liyue ^b   Ahn, Chul ^b   Balch, Glen C ^a   Yopp, Adam C ^a   Anthony, Thomas ^a   Mansour, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84883222180     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2013.04.049     Document Type: Article

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