The impact of the ratio of positive to total lymph nodes examined and outcome in colorectal cancer

American Surgeon

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 873-876

  Ng, Melody ^a,b   Roy Chowdhury, Sharmila ^a   Lum, Sharon S ^a   Morgan, John W ^c,d   Wong, Jan H ^a,d  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Kaiser Permanente ^*  (United States)

^c LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450284689     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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