Lymph node examination as a predictor of long-term outcome in Dukes B colon cancer

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 283-288

  Vather, Ryash ^a   Sammour, Tarik ^a   Zargar Shoshtari, Kamran ^a   Metcalf, Patricia ^b   Connolly, Andrew ^a   Hill, Andrew ^a  

^a MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Dukes B; Lymph node; Mortality; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 59649108224     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-008-0540-y     Document Type: Article

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