Sentinel lymph node mapping in colon cancer: Current status

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1070-1080

  De Haas, Robbert J ^a   Wicherts, Dennis A ^a   Hobbelink, Monique G G ^a   Borel Rinkes, Inne H M ^a   Schipper, Marguerite E I ^a   Van Der Zee, Joke Afke ^a   Van Hillegersberg, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Micrometastasis; Sentinel lymph node mapping

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; COLON TUMOR; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 34250176928     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-006-9258-7     Document Type: Article

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