Survival in Stage III Colon Cancer Is Independent of the Total Number of Lymph Nodes Retrieved

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-47

  Tsikitis, Vassiliki L ^a   Larson, David L ^a   Wolff, Bruce G ^a   Kennedy, Gregory ^a   Diehl, Nancy ^a   Qin, Rui ^a   Dozois, Eric J ^a   Cima, Robert R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABDOMEN; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; COLECTOMY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57749192003     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.10.013     Document Type: Article

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