Histopathological assessment of lymph nodes in colorectal carcinoma: Does triple levelling detect significantly more metastases?

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1165-1167

  Verrill, C ^a   Carr, N J ^a   Wilkinson Smith, E ^a   Seel, E H ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 8444249314     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2004.018002     Document Type: Article

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