Propensity adjusted appraisal of the surgical strategy for appendiceal carcinoids

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 35-41

  Ciarrocchi, A ^a   Pietroletti, R ^a   Carlei, F ^a   Necozione, S ^a   Amicucci, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Appendiceal cancer; Carcinoid; Neuroendocrine tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICEAL CARCINOID; APPENDIX TUMOR; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; TUMOR VOLUME; AGED; ALGORITHM; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; CARCINOID TUMOR; COLON RESECTION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; CARCINOID TUMOR; COLECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84925533024     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: 1128045X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-014-1249-2     Document Type: Article

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