Staging in colorectal cancer: Problems for pathologists [2]

Histopathology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 553-555

  Greco, P ^a   Magro, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 34548799198     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2007.02802.x     Document Type: Letter

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