Prognostic Value of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in the Pathologic Staging of Colorectal Cancer Patients

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 166-170

  Bertoglio, Sergio ^a   Sandrucci, Sergio ^b   Percivale, Pierluigi ^a   Goss, Matteo ^b   Gipponi, Marco ^c   Moresco, Luciano ^a   Mussa, Baudolino ^b   Mussa, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Nodal staging; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE RESECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

AGED; COLORING AGENTS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMATOXYLIN; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SIGMOID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1542319034     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.20030     Document Type: Article

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