Comparison of 17,641 patients with right- and left-sided colon cancer: Differences in epidemiology, perioperative course, histology, and survival

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-64

  Benedix, Frank ^b   Kube, Rainer ^a,b   Meyer, Frank ^b   Schmidt, Uwe ^d   Gastinger, Ingo ^c   Lippert, Hans ^a,b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

^c Carl Thiem Hospital Cottbus   (Germany)

^d StatConsult GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Differences; Left colon cancer; Outcome; Right colon cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLON CANCER; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LEFT SIDED COLON CANCER; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RIGHT SIDED COLON CANCER; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGED; CANCER STAGING; COLON TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURVIVAL;

AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 73449128751     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e3181c703a4     Document Type: Article

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