Colorectal Cancer Staging: Reappraisal of N/PN Classification

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 66-69

  Vaccaro, Carlos A ^a,b   Bonadeo, Fernando A ^a   Benati, Mario L ^a   Ojea Quintana, Guillermo M ^a   Rubinstein, Fernando ^a   Mullen, Eduardo ^a   Telenta, Margarita ^a   Lastiri, Jose M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Colorectal neoplasm; Lymph nodes; Node positive neoplasm; Stage III colorectal cancer; Survival; TNM staging

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0346731281     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-003-0004-y     Document Type: Article

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