An evaluation of the relationship between lymph node number and staging in pT3 colon cancer using population-based data

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-70

  Baxter, Nancy N ^a,b   Ricciardi, Rocco ^c,d   Simunovic, Marko ^e   Urbach, David R ^b,f   Virnig, Beth A ^g,h  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Lymph nodes; Staging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; COLON TUMOR; LYMPH NODE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BENCHMARKING; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; SEER PROGRAM;

EID: 73449119328     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e3181c70425     Document Type: Article

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