Incorporation of apical lymph node status into the seventh edition of the TNM classification improves prediction of prognosis in stage III colonic cancer

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1143-1152

  Kawada, H ^a   Kurita, N ^a,e   Nakamura, F ^b   Kawamura, J ^a   Hasegawa, S ^a   Kotake, K ^d   Sugihara, K ^c   Fukuhara, S ^a,e   Sakai, Y ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOCHIGI CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^e FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84904547273     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.9548     Document Type: Article

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