Node Yield and Node Involvement in Young Colon Cancer Patients: Is There a Difference in Cancer Survival Based on Age?

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1355-1361

  Wang, Li ^a   Hollenbeak, Christopher S ^a   Stewart, David B ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Colon cancer; Node yield; Survival; Young

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; COLON TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; METASTASIS; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955847243     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-010-1275-y     Document Type: Article

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