Limited lymph-node recovery based on lymph-node localisation is sufficient for accurate staging

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-15

  Cserni, Gábor ^a   Bori, Rita ^a   Sejben, István ^a  

^a BÁCS KISKUN COUNTY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Hungary)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 78650838260     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2010.083006     Document Type: Article

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