European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Volume 36, Issue 8 , Pages 763-771 , August 2010

Primary appendiceal carcinoma – Epidemiology, surgery and survival: Results of a German multi-center study

  • F. Benedix

      Affiliations

    • Department of General, Visceral and Vascular Surgery, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany
    • Institute for Quality Assurance in Operative Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, Magdeburg, 39120, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of General, Visceral and Vascular Surgery, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, D-39120 Magdeburg, Germany. Tel.: +49 391 6715500; fax: +49 391 6715570.
    • Benedix F and Reimer A contributed equally to this work.
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  • A. Reimer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Carl-Thiem Hospital Cottbus, Thiemstraβe 111, Cottbus 03048, Germany
    • Institute for Quality Assurance in Operative Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, Magdeburg, 39120, Germany
    • Benedix F and Reimer A contributed equally to this work.
    • ,
  • I. Gastinger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Carl-Thiem Hospital Cottbus, Thiemstraβe 111, Cottbus 03048, Germany
    • Institute for Quality Assurance in Operative Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, Magdeburg, 39120, Germany
    • ,
  • P. Mroczkowski

      Affiliations

    • Department of General, Visceral and Vascular Surgery, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany
    • Institute for Quality Assurance in Operative Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, Magdeburg, 39120, Germany
    • ,
  • H. Lippert

      Affiliations

    • Department of General, Visceral and Vascular Surgery, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany
    • Institute for Quality Assurance in Operative Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, Magdeburg, 39120, Germany
    • ,
  • R. Kube

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Carl-Thiem Hospital Cottbus, Thiemstraβe 111, Cottbus 03048, Germany
    • Institute for Quality Assurance in Operative Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, Magdeburg, 39120, Germany
    • ,
  • the Study Group “Colon/Rectum Carcinoma (Primary Tumor)”

,Accepted 27 May 2010.

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PII: S0748-7983(10)00154-X

doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2010.05.025

European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Volume 36, Issue 8 , Pages 763-771 , August 2010

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