Improving lymph node detection in colon cancer in community hospitals and their pathology department in southern Netherlands

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-140

  van Steenbergen, L N ^a   van Lijnschoten, G ^b   Rutten, H J T ^c   Lemmens, V E P P ^a,d   Coebergh, J W W ^a,d  

^a Eindhoven Cancer Registry   (Netherlands)

^b Stichting Laboratoria voor Pathologie en Medische Microbiologie   (Netherlands)

^c CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Cost effectiveness; Lymph node detection; Patent blue V; Trend

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLON CANCER; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLORING AGENTS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATHOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; ROSANILINE DYES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 74149090583     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2009.05.012     Document Type: Article

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