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The Quality Initiative in Rectal Cancer (QIRC) trial: study protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial in surgery

BACKGROUND: Two unfortunate outcomes for patients treated surgically for rectal cancer are placement of a permanent colostomy and local tumor recurrence. Total mesorectal excision is a new technique for rectal cancer surgery that can lead to improved patient outcomes. We describe a cluster randomize...

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Autores principales: Simunovic, Marko, Goldsmith, Charles, Thabane, Lehana, McLeod, Robin, DeNardi, Franco, Whelan, Timothy J, Levine, Mark N
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2262058/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18279521
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2482-8-4