Surgery Research and Practice
Volume 2014 (2014), Article ID 368060, 5 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/368060
Clinical Study
Six-Year Experience of a Nurse-Led Colorectal Cancer Follow-Up Clinic
Department of Colorectal Surgery, GEMS Directorate, Saint James’ Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland
Received 27 November 2013; Accepted 9 May 2014; Published 20 May 2014
Academic Editor: Luigi Boni
Copyright © 2014 Hasan Al Chalabi et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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