Location of liver metastases reflects the site of the primary colorectal carcinoma

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 192-195

  Konopke, Ralf ^a,b   Distler, Marius ^a   Ludwig, Stefan ^a   Kersting, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colorectal carcinoma; Liver metastases; Portal streaming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESENTERIC VEIN; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENIC VEIN; VENOUS RETURN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; CECUM; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESENTERIC VEINS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM CIRCULATING CELLS; PORTAL VEIN;

EID: 38549175233     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520701677755     Document Type: Article

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