title: Quality control issues in the management of colon cancer patients.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology, John Wayne Cancer Institute at Saint John's Health Center, Santa Monica, CA, USA.
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Martinez
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Bilchik
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D003082:Colectomy; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000379:methods; D008403:Mass Screening; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy; D014481:United States