Is routine use of sentinel node biopsy justified in colon cancer?

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-3

  Nicholl, Michael ^a   Bilchik, Anton J ^a  

^a JOHN WAYNE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COLON CANCER; COLON RESECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOMA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

COLONIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 38049131975     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-007-9630-2     Document Type: Editorial

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