Comparison between the Japanese General Rules and the TNM system in the regional lymph node classification of carcinoma of the colon

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 183, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 611-615

  Hida, Jin Ichi ^a   Yasutomi, Masayuki ^a   Fujimoto, Kiyoshige ^a   Maruyama, Takamasa ^a   Kubo, Ryuichi ^a   Okuno, Kiyotaka ^a   Shindo, Katsuhisa ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

COLONIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0029805001     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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