Improving the AJCC/TNM Staging for adenocarcinomas of the appendix: The prognostic impact of histological grade

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 257, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1072-1078

  Overman, Michael J ^a   Fournier, Keith ^a   Hu, Chung Yuan ^a   Eng, Cathy ^a   Taggart, Melissa ^a   Royal, Richard ^a   Mansfield, Paul ^a   Chang, George J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendiceal carcinoma; Grade; Mucinous; SEER; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPENDICEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; AGED; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84879070506     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318269d680     Document Type: Article

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