Cervical node metastasis as the first sign of cancer of the caecum

Anticancer Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5 B, 2007, Pages 3589-3592

  Basso, Luigi ^a   Izzo, Luciano ^a   Calisi, Erika ^a   Cavallaro, Giuseppe ^a   Costi, Umberto ^a   Ciardi, Antonio ^a   Fornari, Francesca ^a   Polistena, Andrea ^a   De Toma, Giorgio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Axilla; Caecum; Cancer; Lymph nodes; Neck; Occult; PET; Positron emission tomography; Primary

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CYTOKERATIN 20; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CECUM CANCER; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMICOLECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CECAL NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 35349007479     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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