The retroperitoneal surface in distal caecal and proximal ascending colon carcinoma: The Cinderella surgical margin?

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 426-428

  Bateman, A C ^a,c   Carr, N J ^a   Warren, B F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CECUM; COLON CARCINOMA; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CECAL NEOPLASMS; CECUM; COLON, ASCENDING; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE;

EID: 17144369192     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2004.019802     Document Type: Article

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