Identification of extracapsular invasion of the metastatic lymph nodes as a useful prognostic sign in patients with resectable colorectal cancer

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1838-1844

  Komuta, K ^a   Okudaira, S ^a   Haraguchi, M ^a   Furui, J ^a   Kanematsu, T ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extracapsular; Metastatic lymph nodes; Resectable colorectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0035660850     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02234464     Document Type: Article

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