Lymph node evaluation of colon cancer and its association with improved staging and survival in the department of defense health care System

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3080-3086

  Lee, Sukhyung ^a   Hofmann, Luke J ^a   Davis, Kurt G ^a   Waddell, Brad E ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350422491     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-009-0620-4     Document Type: Article

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