The detection and role of lymphatic and blood vessel invasion in predicting survival in patients with node negative operable primary colorectal cancer

Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 77-90

  Van Wyk, Hester C ^a   Roxburgh, Campbell S ^a   Horgan, Paul G ^a   Foulis, Alan F ^a   McMillan, Donald C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood vessel invasion; Colorectal cancer; Detection; Lymphatic invasion; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSEL; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH VESSEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTION; PRIMARY TUMOR; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR INVASION;

BLOOD VESSEL INVASION; COLORECTAL CANCER; DETECTION; LYMPHATIC INVASION; PROGNOSIS;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASTIC CELLS, CIRCULATING; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84895422218     PISSN: 10408428     EISSN: 18790461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2013.11.004     Document Type: Review

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