Predictive factors affecting survival in stage II colorectal cancer: Is lymph node harvesting relevant?

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1517-1523

  Peeples, C ^a   Shellnut, J ^a   Wasvary, H ^a   Riggs, T ^a   Sacksner, J ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Lymph nodes; Prognostic factors; Staging; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON TUMOR; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLORECTAL TUMOR; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78349232809     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e3181f20116     Document Type: Article

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