Patient survival after surgical treatment of rectal cancer: Impact of surgeon and hospital characteristics

Cancer

Volumn 120, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 2472-2481

  Etzioni, David A ^a,b   Young Fadok, Tonia M ^a   Cima, Robert R ^b   Wasif, Nabil ^a   Madoff, Robert D ^c   Naessens, James M ^b   Habermann, Elizabeth B ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer care facilities; colon and rectal; rectal neoplasms; surgery specialty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERTIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM RESECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGEON; UNITED STATES; CANCER REGISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SEER PROGRAM; SURGEONS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905592669     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.28746     Document Type: Article

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