Lymphatic spread, nodal count and the extent of lymphadenectomy in cancer of the colon

Cancer Treatment Reviews

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 405-413

  Willaert, Wouter ^a   Mareel, Marc ^a   Van De Putte, Dirk ^a   Van Nieuwenhove, Yves ^a   Pattyn, Piet ^a   Ceelen, Wim ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Lymph node ratio; Lymph nodes; Lymphadenectomy; Nodal count; Survival

Indexed keywords

CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL MIGRATION; COLON CANCER; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; DISEASE CLEARANCE; HUMAN; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE RATIO; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; THERAPY EFFECT;

COLON CANCER; LYMPH NODE RATIO; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHADENECTOMY; NODAL COUNT; SURVIVAL;

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

EID: 84892860921     PISSN: 03057372     EISSN: 15321967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2013.09.013     Document Type: Review

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