What is the optimal number of lymph nodes to be dissected in colorectal cancer surgery?

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Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 168-172

  Gumus, Mahmut ^a,b   Yumuk, Perran Fulden ^a   Atalay, Gul ^a   Aliustaoglu, Mehmet ^a   Macunluoglu, Beyza ^a   Dane, Faysal ^a   Caglar, Hale ^a   Sengoz, Meric ^a   Turhal, Serdar ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Local recurrence; Lymph node excision; Lymph nodes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METASTASIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18944399407     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160509100212     Document Type: Article

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