Extended lymphadenectomy in colon cancer is crucial

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1789-1798

  Kessler, Hermann ^b   Hohenberger, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLON TUMOR; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES;

COLONIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS;

EID: 84880766402     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-013-2130-6     Document Type: Article

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