Anal Cancer: Pathology, Staging and Evidence-Based Minimum Data Set

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 11-20

  Salmo, E ^a   Haboubi, N ^b  

^a ROYAL BOLTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANUS CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SALVAGE THERAPY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ANAL CANAL; ANUS NEOPLASMS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 78751697408     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2010.02498.x     Document Type: Article

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