Short editorial

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-2

  Temple, Larissa K F ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER STAGING; COLON CANCER; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; UNITED STATES; COLON TUMOR; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; PATHOLOGY;

COLONIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 77954130332     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21591     Document Type: Editorial

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