Value of tumor size as a prognostic variable in colorectal cancer: A critical reappraisal

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-49

  Kornprat, Peter ^a   Pollheimer, Marion J ^a   Lindtner, Richard A ^a   Schlemmer, Andrea ^a   Rehak, Peter ^a   Langner, Cord ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

cancer specific survival; colorectal cancer; multivariate analysis; progressionfree survival; tumor diameter; tumor size

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PROGNOSIS; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RECTUM CANCER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL TIME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79951640113     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: 1537453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/COC.0b013e3181cae8dd     Document Type: Article

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