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Comparing survival outcomes for patients with colorectal cancer treated in public and private hospitals

Niall C Tebbutt
Med J Aust 2007; 187 (4): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01219.x
Published online: 20 August 2007

To the Editor: I note with interest the results of the study by Morris and colleagues comparing survival outcomes for patients with colorectal cancer treated in public and private hospitals.1


  • Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC.


Correspondence: niall.tebbutt@ludwig.edu.au

  • 1. Morris M, Iacopetta B, Platell C. Comparing survival outcomes for patients with colorectal cancer treated in public and private hospitals. Med J Aust 2007; 186: 296-300. <MJA full text>
  • 2. Cheng X, Chen VW, Steele B, et al. Subsite-specific incidence rate and stage of disease in colorectal cancer by race, gender, and age group in the United States, 1992–1997. Cancer 2001; 92: 2547-2554.
  • 3. Keating J, Pater P, Lolohea S, Wickremesekera K. The epidemiology of colorectal cancer: what can we learn from the New Zealand Cancer Registry? N Z Med J 2003; 116: u437.

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