The search for lymph nodes; Does a second search influence the staging and/or management in mesorectal cancer excisions?

Histopathology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 768-770

  Hughes, Rowena ^a   Treacy, Ann ^a   Gulmann, Christian ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLORECTAL CANCER; LETTER; LYMPH NODE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM;

EID: 65349099342     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2009.03295.x     Document Type: Letter

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