The impact of surgeon and pathologist on lymph node retrieval in colorectal cancer and its impact on survival for patients with Dukes' stage B disease

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 157-164

  Evans, M D ^a   Barton, K ^b   Rees, A ^b   Stamatakis, J D ^b   Karandikar, Sharad S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCESS OF WALES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal Cancer; Dukes' stage; Lymph node; Pathologist

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL CANCER; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGIST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 38349016309     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2007.01225.x     Document Type: Article

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