Are we achieving the benchmark of retrieving 12 lymph nodes in colorectal carcinoma specimens Experience from a tertiary referral center in India and review of literature

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-42

  Deodhar, Kedar K ^a   Budukh, Atul ^a   Ramadwar, Mukta ^a   Bal, Munita Meenu ^a   Shrikhande, S V ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Colorectal carcinoma; gross examination; lymph node harvest

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COLON CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METASTASIS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECTUM CARCINOMA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

EID: 84860456725     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: 09745130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.94853     Document Type: Article

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