Alternative perspective on the rationale for lymphatic mapping for sentinel node identification in colon cancer

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 247, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 901-902

  Cahill, Ronan A ^a  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; COLON CANCER; HUMAN; LETTER; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

COLONIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 42549143492     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31816ffad1     Document Type: Letter

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