Diagnostic use of the sentinel node in colon cancer

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 410-417

  Merrie, Arend E H ^a   Van Rij, André M ^a   Phillips, Lynne V ^a   Rossaak, Jeremy I ^a   Yun, Kankatsu ^a   McCall, John L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Lymphoscintigraphy; Metastasis; RT PCR; Sentinel node

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE;

EID: 0035098993     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02234742     Document Type: Article

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