Effect of lymphatic mapping on the new tumor-node-metastasis classification for colorectal cancer

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 668-672

  Bilchik, Anton J ^a   Nora, Dean T ^a   Sobin, Leslie H ^a   Turner, Roderick R ^a   Trocha, Steven ^a   Krasne, David ^a   Morton, Donald L ^a  

^a JOHN WAYNE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROMETASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR CELL; AGED; CLASSIFICATION; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FEMALE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENES, MCC; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 0037441791     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2003.04.037     Document Type: Article

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