Can lymph node ratio take the place of pN categories in the UICC/AJCC TNM classification system for colorectal cancer?

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2453-2460

  Tong, Lin Lin ^a   Gao, Peng ^a   Wang, Zhen Ning ^a   Song, Yong Xi ^a   Xu, Ying Ying ^a   Sun, Zhe ^a   Xing, Cheng Zhong ^a   Wang, Xin ^a   Xu, Hui Mian ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052736689     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-011-1687-2     Document Type: Review

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