title: Summary of guidance for the management of early bowel cancer.
abstract: Colorectal cancer is an important public health problem and one of the most common cancers registered in New Zealand. In 2009 the New Zealand Guidelines Group were commissioned to produce and evidence-based summary of current New Zealand and international data to inform best practice in the management of people with early bowel cancer. A guideline development team was convened, representing a range of stakeholder groups who met to discuss and agree on the recommendations for a clinical practice guideline. This article summarises the guideline methods and reports the recommendations from the Management of Early Bowel Cancer guideline, published in 2011.
authors.affiliation: New Zealand Guidelines Group, Wellington, New Zealand. afitzgerald@nzgg.org.nz
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Frizelle
authors.forename: Mark
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authors.lastname: Jeffery
authors.forename: Adrian
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authors.lastname: Balasingam
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Casey
authors.forename: Judith
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authors.lastname: Collett
authors.forename: Teresa
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authors.lastname: Lynch
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Robbins
authors.forename: Adrian
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authors.lastname: Secker
authors.forename: Tane
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Clint
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Teague
authors.forename: Iain
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authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Berentson-Shaw
mesh_terms: D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D003111:Colonic Polyps / Q000601:surgery; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000628:therapy*; D003142:Communication; D003469:Culture; D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011300:Preoperative Care; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant