Quality control issues in the management of colon cancer patients

Quality assurance in colon cancer demands a multidisciplinary effort involving general practitioners, surgeons, radiologists, gastroenterologists, medical oncologists, and pathologists, among others. Maximal improvements in survival will result when colon cancer screening, diagnosis, staging, treatm...

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Published inEuropean journal of surgical oncology Vol. 31; no. 6; pp. 616 - 629
Main Authors Martinez, S.R., Bilchik, A.J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2005
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California
Colectomy
Colon cancer
Colonic Neoplasms - diagnosis
Colonic Neoplasms - therapy
Disease-Free Survival
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Lymph Node Excision - methods
Mass Screening
Multidisciplinary
Neoplasm Staging
Patient Care Team
Quality assurance
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
Survival
United States
United States
California
Quality assurance
Colon cancer
Survival
Multidisciplinary
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Summary:Quality assurance in colon cancer demands a multidisciplinary effort involving general practitioners, surgeons, radiologists, gastroenterologists, medical oncologists, and pathologists, among others. Maximal improvements in survival will result when colon cancer screening, diagnosis, staging, treatment and surveillance are optimized. We seek to identify those issues most relevant to the quality of care we provide our colon cancer patients.
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ISSN:0748-7983
1532-2157
DOI:10.1016/j.ejso.2005.02.012