Prognostic significance of the number of lymph nodes examined in colon cancer surgery: Clinical application beyond simple measurement

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 251, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 872-881

  Hashiguchi, Yojiro ^a   Hase, Kazuo ^a   Ueno, Hideki ^a   Mochizuki, Hidetaka ^a   Kajiwara, Yoshiki ^a   Ichikura, Takashi ^a   Yamamoto, Junji ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 77951666574     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181c0e5b1     Document Type: Article

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