The impact of T and N stage on long-term survival of rectal cancer patients in the community

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 161-166

  Kozak, Kevin R ^a   Moody, John S ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Prognosis; SEER; TNM staging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 50949087905     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21107     Document Type: Article

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