The prognostic value of micrometastases and isolated tumour cells in histologically negative lymph nodes of patients with colorectal cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 263-269

  Sloothaak, D A M ^a,b   Sahami, S ^b   Van Der Zaag Loonen, H J ^a   Van Der Zaag, E S ^a   Tanis, P J ^b   Bemelman, W A ^b   Buskens, C J ^b  

^a GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colorectal neoplasm; Lymph nodes; Occult tumour cells; Staging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOSIS; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CELL ISOLATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ISOLATED TUMOR CELL; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MICROMETASTASIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUMOR CELL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASM; LYMPH NODES; OCCULT TUMOUR CELLS; STAGING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM MICROMETASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASTIC CELLS, CIRCULATING; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84893952500     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2013.12.002     Document Type: Review

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