Comparison of metastatic lymph node ratio staging system with the 7th AJCC system for colorectal cancer

Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Volumn 139, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1947-1953

  Zhang, Jizhun ^a   Lv, Liang ^a   Ye, Yingjiang ^a   Jiang, Kewei ^a   Shen, Zhanlong ^a   Wang, Shan ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

AJCC; Colorectal cancer; Prognosis; Ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN JOINT COMMITTEE ON CANCER SYSTEM; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTATIC LYMPH NODE RATIO; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; SURVIVAL PREDICTION; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 84892661185     PISSN: 01715216     EISSN: 14321335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00432-013-1525-y     Document Type: Article

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