Factors affecting lymph node yield from patients undergoing colectomy for cancer

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1163-1168

  Bamboat, Zubin M ^a,b   Deperalta, Danielle ^a,b   Dursun, Abdulmetin ^a,b   Berger, David L ^a,b   Bordeianou, Liliana ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Colectomy; Colon cancer; Lymph node yield; Pathologist training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATHOLOGIST; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLECTOMY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 80052284258     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: 14321262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-011-1240-6     Document Type: Review

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