Prognostic comparison between number and distribution of lymph node metastases in patients with right-sided colon cancer

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1361-1368

  Kim, Chang Hyun ^a   Huh, Jung Wook ^b   Kim, Hyeong Rok ^a   Kim, Young Jin ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Research Institute of Medical Sciences   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; COLON CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERALL SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84896078494     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-013-3426-3     Document Type: Article

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