Colorectal cancer and lymph nodes: The obsession with the number 12

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1951-1960

  Li Destri, Giovanni ^a   Di Carlo, Isidoro ^a   Scilletta, Roberto ^a   Scilletta, Beniamino ^a   Puleo, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Lymph node count; Lymph node ratio; Lymphadenectomy; Staging

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL CANCER; ENDOSCOPIC POLYPECTOMY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE RATIO; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OPEN SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGIST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); WORK EXPERIENCE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; EUROPE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EUROPE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84894527419     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i8.1951     Document Type: Article

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