Pathologic determinants of survival after resection of T3N0 (Stage IIA) colorectal cancer: Proposal for a new prognostic model

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1332-1341

  Cianchi, Fabio ^a,b   Messerini, Luca ^a   Comin, Camilla Eva ^a   Boddi, Vieri ^a   Perna, Federico ^a   Perigli, Giuliano ^a   Cortesini, Camillo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Lymph node micrometastases; Pathologic parameters; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER MUSCLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE OCCULT DISEASE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROMETASTASIS; MODEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCULARIS PROPRIA; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; SURGEON; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLECTOMY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ITALY; KERATIN-20; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PELVIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 34748895505     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-007-0222-9     Document Type: Article

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