Establishing the optimum lymph node yield for diagnosis of stage III rectal cancer

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 709-717

  Bhangu, A ^a,b   Kiran, R P ^c   Brown, G ^a   Goldin, R ^d   Tekkis, P ^a,b  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^d ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lymph node ratio; Lymph node yield; Rectal cancer; SEER; Staging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; VERY ELDERLY; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SECONDARY; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905903831     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: 1128045X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-013-1114-8     Document Type: Article

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