Hospital volume and surgical outcomes for elderly patients with colorectal cancer in the United States
Authors:
- Justin B DimickJDJustin B Dimick
- John A CowanJCJohn A Cowan
- Gilbert R UpchurchGUGilbert R Upchurch
- Lisa M CollettiLCLisa M Colletti
- 1 September 2003
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Surgical Research
- Vol. 114 (1) , 50-56
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