Large variation between hospitals in follow-up for colorectal cancer in southern Netherlands

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1257-1265

  Van Steenbergen, L N ^a   De Hingh, I H J T ^b   Rutten, H J T ^b,c   Rijk, M C M ^d   Orsini, R G ^b   Coebergh, J W W ^a,e   Lemmens, V E P P ^a,e  

^a Eindhoven Cancer Registry   (Netherlands)

^b CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Follow up; Survival; Variation

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

AGED; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883265274     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: 14321262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-013-1693-x     Document Type: Article

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