Increased lymph node harvest in patients operated on for right-sided colon cancer: A population-based study

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 691-696

  Bernhoff, R ^a   Holm, T ^a   Sjovall A ^a   Granath, F ^a   Ekbom, A ^a   Martling, A ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer; Colorectal neoplasms; Colorectal surgery; Lymph nodes; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABDOMEN; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLECTOMY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWEDEN;

EID: 84860784442     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2012.03020.x     Document Type: Article

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