Lymph node evaluation and long-term survival in stage II and stage III colon cancer: A national study

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 585-593

  Vather, Ryash ^a   Sammour, Tarik ^a   Kahokehr, Arman ^a   Connolly, Andrew B ^a   Hill, Andrew G ^a  

^a MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANT METASTASIS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM EXAMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60449105663     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-008-0265-8     Document Type: Article

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