Lymph node identification in colorectal cancer specimens cases;Fund af lymfeknuder ved kolorektal cancer

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 171, Issue 35, 2009, Pages 2453-2458

  Holck, Susanne ^a   Engel, Ulla Højholt ^a   Mogensen, Anne Mellon ^a   Bülow, Steffen ^a  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TISSUE FIXATION;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROGNOSIS; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 70349256465     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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