Techniques to increase lymph node harvest from gastrointestinal cancer specimens: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Histopathology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 531-542

  Abbassi Ghadi, Nima ^a   Boshier, Piers R ^a   Goldin, Robert ^a   Hanna, George B ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Gastrointestinal; Harvest; Lymph nodes; Staging

Indexed keywords

METHYLENE BLUE;

CANCER STAGING; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; EMBASE; FAT CLEARING; FAT STRETCHING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE HARVEST; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES; PROCEDURES, PARAMETERS AND DEVICES; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; STAINING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; PATHOLOGY;

GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; NEOPLASM STAGING; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 84871898102     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2012.04357.x     Document Type: Review

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