The prognostic impact of extracapsular lymph node involvement in rectal cancer patients: Implications for staging and adjuvant treatment strategies

Oncology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 825-830

  Brabender, J ^a   Bollschweiler, E ^a   Holscher A H ^a   Strobel, K ^a   Gutschow, C ^a   Prenzel, K ^a   Grimminger, P ^a   Drebber, U ^a   Schroder W ^a   Metzger, R ^a   Vallbohmer D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adjuvant therapy; Extracapsular lymph node involvement; Prognostic factors; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTANT METASTASIS; EXTRACAPSULAR LYMPH NODE INVOLVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH VESSEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER;

EID: 84856887353     PISSN: 17921074     EISSN: 17921082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ol.2012.569     Document Type: Article

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