Resecting lymph nodes in colon cancer: More than a staging operation?

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2175-2176

  Chen, Steven L ^a   Bilchik, Anton J ^a  

^a JOHN WAYNE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon Cancer; Lymph Node Ratio; Lymph Node Yield; Lymph Nodes; Staging

Indexed keywords

AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METASTASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547400463     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-007-9430-8     Document Type: Editorial

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