Colorectal surgeons and biomedical scientists improve lymph node harvest in colorectal cancer

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 295-298

  Shaw, A ^a   Collins, E E ^a   Fakis, A ^b   Patel, P ^c   Semeraro, D ^c   Lund, J N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DERBY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c DERBY CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Harvest; Lymph; Nodes; Pathologist; Scientist; Surgeon

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATHOLOGIST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 58549087349     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-008-0438-2     Document Type: Article

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