Factors that influence 12 or more harvested lymph nodes in early-stage colorectal cancer

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 333-339

  Hsu, Chao Wen ^a   Lin, Chieh Hsin ^b   Wang, Jui Ho ^a   Wang, Hsin Tai ^a   Ou, Wen Chieh ^a   King, Tai Ming ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Kaohsiung Municipal Kai Suan Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER SURGERY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLORECTAL CANCER; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENDER AND SEX; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 58149458419     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-008-9850-z     Document Type: Article

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