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Survival after hepatic resection of colorectal cancer metastases†‡

A national experience

  1. Douglas J. Robertson MD, MPH1,2,§,*,
  2. Therese A. Stukel PhD3,4,
  3. Daniel J. Gottlieb MS3,
  4. Jason M. Sutherland PhD3,
  5. Elliott S. Fisher MD, MPH3

Article first published online: 6 JAN 2009

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24081

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Cancer

Cancer

Volume 115, Issue 4, pages 752–759, 15 February 2009

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Robertson, D. J., Stukel, T. A., Gottlieb, D. J., Sutherland, J. M. and Fisher, E. S. (2009), Survival after hepatic resection of colorectal cancer metastases. Cancer, 115: 752–759. doi: 10.1002/cncr.24081

Author Information

  1. 1

    Veterans Affairs Outcomes Group, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, White River Junction, Vermont

  2. 2

    Department of Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire

  3. 3

    The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire

  4. 4

    Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  1. §

    Fax: (802) 296-6325

*Veterans Affairs Outcomes Research Group (111B), Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 215 N Main Street, White River Junction, VT 05009

  1. †

    The contents of this article do not represent the views of the Department of Veterans Affairs or the United States Government.

  2. ‡

    See editorial on pages 702-3, this issue.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 2 FEB 2009
  2. Article first published online: 6 JAN 2009
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 1 JUL 2008
  4. Manuscript Revised: 6 JUN 2008
  5. Manuscript Received: 14 APR 2008

Funded by

  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  • National Institutes of Health. Grant Number: CA52192
  • Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Career Development Award

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