Free colorectal cancer cells on the peritoneal surface: Correlation with pathologic variables and survival

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2076-2079

  Baskaranathan, Sriskanthan ^a   Philips, Jeanette ^b,c   McCredden, Pauline ^a   Solomon, Michael J ^a,c  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Cytology; Peritoneal lavage; Recurrence; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER CELL; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERITONEUM; PREDICTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLECTOMY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYTOLOGY; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM SEEDING; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT SELECTION; PERITONEUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13144257738     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-0723-8     Document Type: Article

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