Large variation in the utilization of liver resections in stage IV colorectal cancer patients with metastases confined to the liver

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1217-1225

  'T Lam Boer, J ^a   Al Ali, C ^b   Verhoeven, R H A ^c   Roumen, R M H ^d   Lemmens, V E P P ^c   Rijken, A M ^b   De Wilt, J H W ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation   (Netherlands)

^d MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Liver resection; Metastasectomy; Metastases; Stage IV; Variation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL LIVER METASTASIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS RESECTION; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; SURVIVAL TIME; TREND STUDY; CARCINOMA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RECTUM TUMOR; SECONDARY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARCINOMA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; METASTASECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84938743938     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2015.05.014     Document Type: Article

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