Poster Presentation 6th Australian Health and Medical Research Congress 2012

South Australian rural patients with metastatic colorectal cancer have equivalent outcomes to their metropolitan counterparts (#425)

Vy T Broadbridge 1 , Christos S Karapetis 2 3 , Carol Beeke 2 , Robert Padbury 4 , Guy Maddern 5 , David Roder 6 , James Moore 7 , Timothy J Price 1
  1. Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville South, SA, Australia
  2. Oncology, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, SA, Australia
  3. Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA, Australia
  4. Surgery, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, SA, Australia
  5. Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville South, SA, Australia
  6. Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia
  7. Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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