Lymph-node ratio is an independent prognostic factor in patients with stage III colorectal cancer: A retrospective study from the Middle East

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Elias, Elias ^a   Mukherji, Deborah ^a   Faraj, Walid ^a   Khalife, Mohammad ^a   Dimassi, Hani ^b   Eloubeidi, Mohamad ^a   Hattoum, Hasan ^c   Abou Alfa, Ghassan K ^d   Saleh, Ahmad ^a   Shamseddine, Ali ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Lymph node ratio; Prognosis; Stage III

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE EAST; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860161299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-10-63     Document Type: Article

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