A uniform residual tumor (R) classification: Integration of the R classification and the circumferential margin status

Cancer

Volumn 115, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 3483-3488

  Wittekind, Christian ^a   Compton, Carolyn ^b   Quirke, Phil ^c,d   Nagtegaal, Iris ^e   Merkel, Susanne ^f   Hermanek, Paul ^f   Sobin, Leslie H ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^g ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circumferential resection margin; International Union Against Cancer; Rectal carcinoma; Residual tumor (R) classification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM RESECTION; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 68149178697     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24320     Document Type: Article

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