Lymphadenectomy in cancer: time for a paradigm shift?

Lancet Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 450-451

  Pramesh, CS ^a   Kulkarni, Nandini N ^a   Mistry, Rajesh C ^a   Badwe, Rajendra A ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPETENCE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; LUNG SURGERY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL EXPERT; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH SURGERY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; META-ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646891561     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(06)70706-9     Document Type: Letter

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