Number of Lymph Node Metastases Is Better Predictor of Prognosis Than Level of Lymph Node Metastasis in Patients with Node-Positive Colon Cancer

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 202, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 732-736

  Suzuki, On ^a,b   Sekishita, Yoshiaki ^a   Shiono, Tuneo ^a   Ono, Koichi ^a   Fujimori, Masaru ^a   Kondo, Satoshi ^b  

^a National Obihiro Hospital   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; COLON CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33646090138     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2006.02.007     Document Type: Article

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