Overall survival after resection for colon cancer in a national cohort study was adversely affected by TNM stage, lymph node ratio, gender, and old age

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1299-1307

  Storli, Kristian E ^a   Søndenaa, Karl ^a   Bukholm, Ida R K ^b   Nesvik, Idunn ^c   Bru, Tore ^c   Furnes, Bjørg ^a   Hjelmeland, Bjarte ^a   Iversen, Knut B ^a   Eide, Geir E ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Lymph nodes .TNM stage; Surgery; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; COLON SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICAL RESECTION; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NORWAY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80855132862     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: 14321262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-011-1244-2     Document Type: Article

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