A national study on lymph node retrieval in resectional surgery for colorectal cancer

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1673-1683

  Tekkis, Paris P ^a   Smith, Jason J ^b   Heriot, Alexander G ^a   Darzi, Ara W ^a   Thompson, Michael R ^c   Stamatakis, Jeffrey D ^d  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WEST MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d PRINCESS OF WALES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Lymph node metastases; Quality; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLECTOMY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33751277198     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-006-0691-2     Document Type: Article

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