Microscopic spread of low rectal cancer in regions of the mesorectum: Detailed pathological assessment with whole-mount sections

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 231-237

  Wang, Zhao ^a   Zhou, Zongguang ^a   Wang, Cun ^a   Zhao, Gaoping ^a   Chen, Youdai ^a   Gao, Hongkai ^a   Zheng, Xuelian ^a   Wang, Rong ^a   Chen, Daiyun ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Mesorectum; Microscopic spread; Pathology; Rectal cancer; Total mesorectal excision; Whole mount section

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METASTASIS; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; PELVIS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM RESECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE SECTION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17544368929     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-004-0674-5     Document Type: Article

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