Number versus distribution in classifying regional lymph node metastases from colon cancer

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 217-222

  Hida, Jin Ichi ^a   Okuno, Kiyotaka ^a   Yasutomi, Masayuki ^a   Yoshifuji, Takehito ^a   Matsuzaki, Tomohiko ^a   Uchida, Toshihiro ^a   Ishimaru, Eizaburou ^a   Tokoro, Tadao ^a   Shiozaki, Hitoshi ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

CECAL NEOPLASMS; COLON; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DISSECTION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SIGMOID NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 22244438196     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2005.03.018     Document Type: Article

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