Minimal number of lymph nodes that need to be examined for adequate staging of colorectal cancer - Factors influencing lymph node harvest

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 52, Issue 61, 2005, Pages 86-89

  Horzic, Matija ^a   Kopljar, Mario ^a  

^a University of Zagreb School of Medicine   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Colorectal neoplasms; Colorectal surgery; Lymphadenectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; COLON; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECTUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 14144252456     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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