Effect of high and intermediate ligation on survival and recurrence rates following curative resection of colorectal cancer

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1205-1219

  Slanetz Jr , Charles A ^a,b,c   Grimson, Roger ^b  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Colorectal neoplasms; Lymph nodes; Lymphatic metastases; Neoplasms; Rectal neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LIGATION; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MESENTERY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030864003     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02055167     Document Type: Article

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