Prognostic significance of increasing lymph node count in stage III colorectal cancer

Clinical Colorectal Cancer

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 403-404

  Reddy, G Kesava ^b   Becerra, Carlos ^b   Chu, Edward ^a  

^a YALE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROGNOSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 33646161696     PISSN: 15330028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1533-0028(11)70215-8     Document Type: Article

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