Is there a role for pre-operative thrombocytosis in the management of colorectal cancer?

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 436-438

  Nyasavajjala, Sitaramachandra Murthy ^a   Runau, Francois ^a   Datta, Sayan ^a   Annette, Haines ^a   Shaw, Aidan G ^a   Lund, Jonathan N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Survival; Thrombocytosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLECTOMY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOCYTOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84755161039     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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