Volume of lymphatic metastases does not independently influence prognosis in colorectal cancer

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1506-1511

  Wong, Jan H ^a   Steinemann, Susan ^a   Tom, Paul ^a   Morita, Shane ^a   Tauchi Nishi, Pamela ^a  

^a Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037087578     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.20.6.1506     Document Type: Article

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