Calcification in colorectal hepatic metastases correlates with longer survival

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 221-225

  Easson, A M ^a   Barron, P T ^a,b   Cripps, C ^a   Hill, G ^a   Guindi, M ^a   Michaud, C ^a  

^a OTTAWA REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Civic Parkdale Clinic   (Canada)

Author keywords

calcification; colorectal cancer; liver; survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFT TISSUE CALCIFICATION; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0030460120     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199612)63:4<221::AID-JSO2>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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