A cancer staging perspective: The value of anatomical staging

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 6-7

  Greene, Frederick L ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

HUMANS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 33846318885     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.20633     Document Type: Editorial

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