Lymph node retrieval in abdominoperineal surgical specimen is radiation time-dependent

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Sermier, Alain ^a   Gervaz, Pascal ^a   Egger, Jean Francois ^a   Dao, My ^a   Allal, Abdelkarim S ^a   Bonet, Marta ^a   Morel, Philippe ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RANK SUM TEST; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 33746646316     PISSN: 14777819     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-4-29     Document Type: Article

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