Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 205, Issue 5 , Pages 636-641 , November 2007

Rural Versus Urban Colorectal and Lung Cancer Patients: Differences in Stage at Presentation

Abstract presented at the American College of Surgeons 98th Annual Clinical Congress, Surgical Forum, New Orleans, LA, October 2006.

  • Ian Paquette, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
    • ,
  • Samuel R.G. Finlayson, MD, MPH, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
    • VA Outcomes Group, White River Junction, VT, and the Mithoefer Center for Rural Surgery, Cooperstown, NY.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence address: Samuel Finlayson, MD, MPH, FACS, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Dr, Lebanon, NH 03756.

Received 5 February 2007 ,Revised 2 March 2007 ,Accepted 30 April 2007.

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 Competing Interests Declared: None.

 The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

PII: S1072-7515(07)00579-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.04.043

Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 205, Issue 5 , Pages 636-641 , November 2007

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