Clinicopathological Characteristics of Skipping Lymph Node Metastases in Patients with Colorectal Cancer

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 378-382

  Yamamoto, Yutaka ^a,b   Takahashi, Keiichi ^a   Yasuno, Masamichi ^a   Sakoma, Takaaki ^a   Mori, Takeo ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Lymph node metastasis; Skipping lymph node metastasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLON TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM TUMOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032084753     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/28.6.378     Document Type: Article

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