Depth of Tumor Invasion Independently Predicts Lymph Node Metastasis in T2 Rectal Cancer

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 130-136

  Ding, Pei Rong ^a,b   An, Xin ^a,b   Cao, Yun ^a,b   Wu, Xiao Jun ^a,b   Li, Li Ren ^a,b   Chen, Gong ^a,b   Lu, Zhen Hai ^a,b   Fang, Yu Jing ^a,b   Wan, De Sen ^a,b,c   Pan, Zhi Zhong ^a,b,c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NONE   (China)

Author keywords

Depth of invasion; Lymph node metastasis; T2 rectal cancer; Tree analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751575425     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-010-1353-1     Document Type: Article

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