The relation between lymph node status and survival in Stage I-III colon cancer: Results from a prospective nationwide cohort study

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 559-565

  Lykke, J ^a   Roikjaer O ^a   Jess, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Lymph node; Surgery; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON RESECTION; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84876960183     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/codi.12059     Document Type: Article

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