The prognostic superiority of log odds of positive lymph nodes in stage III colon cancer

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1790-1796

  Wang, Jiping ^a,b,c   Hassett, James M ^a   Dayton, Merril T ^a   Kulaylat, Mahmoud N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c BUFFALO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Log odds; Lymph node ratio; Staging

Indexed keywords

AGED; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; COLON TUMOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 52549122216     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-008-0651-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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