GEWF solution: An inexpensive, simple, and effective aid for the retrieval of lymph nodes from colorectal cancer resections

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 642-645

  Newell, Ken J ^a   Sawka, Barry W ^b   Rudrick, Brian F ^b   Driman, David K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Grey Bruce Health Services   (Canada)

^c ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; FORMALDEHYDE; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA; CHEMISTRY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; ECONOMICS; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TISSUE FIXATION;

ACETIC ACID; AGED; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0035012376     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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