Prognostic relevance of the lymph node ratio in surgical patients with extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-64

  Oshiro, Y ^a   Sasaki, R ^a   Kobayashi, A ^a   Murata, S ^a   Fukunaga, K ^a   Kondo, T ^a   Oda, T ^a   Ohkohchi, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma; Lymph node ratio; Prognosis; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; EXTRAHEPATIC CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER RESECTION; LYMPH NODE RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURVIVAL RATE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 78650281491     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2010.10.011     Document Type: Article

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