Significance of the lymph node ratio in stage III colon cancer

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1557-1558

  Telian, Simon H ^a   Bilchik, Anton J ^b,c  

^a JOHN WAYNE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b California Oncology Research Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; EDITORIAL; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENECTOMY;

ABDOMINAL CAVITY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 43449108251     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-008-9862-9     Document Type: Editorial

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