Lymph node retrieval from colorectal resection specimens for adenocarcinoma: Is it worth the extra effort to find at least 12 nodes?

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1377-1383

  Fan, L ^a   Levy, M ^a   Aguilar, C E ^a   Mertens, R B ^a   Dhall, D ^a   Frishberg, D P ^a   Wang, H L ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Colorectal; Dissection; Lymph node; Metastasis; Staging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE RETRIEVAL; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM EXAMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 80755143271     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2010.02472.x     Document Type: Article

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