Micro-metastases in stages I and II colon cancer are a predictor of the development of distant metastases and worse disease-free survival

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 492-496

  van Schaik, P M ^a   Hermans, E ^a   van der Linden, J C ^a   Pruijt, J R M ^a   Ernst, M F ^a   Bosscha, K ^a  

^a JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Colon; Disease free survival; Micro metastases; Overall survival; Sentinel lymph node mapping

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; COLON CARCINOMA; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTANT METASTASIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROMETASTASIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGIONAL METASTASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAINING; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE SECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 63049122214     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2008.07.011     Document Type: Article

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