Vascular invasion, but not lymphatic invasion, of the primary tumor is a strong prognostic factor in patients with colorectal cancer

Anticancer Research

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 3147-3152

  Fujii, Takaaki ^a   Sutoh, Toshinaga ^a   Morita, Hiroki ^a   Yajima, Reina ^a   Yamaguchi, Satoru ^b   Tsutsumi, Soichi ^a   Asao, Takayuki ^c   Kuwano, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Lymphatic invasion; Prognosis; Vascular invasion

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CANCER PROGNOSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOG RANK TEST; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH VESSEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIMARY TUMOR; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TUMOR INVASION; ADENOCARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL TUMOR; LYMPHATIC INVASION; METASTASIS; MORTALITY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VASCULAR INVASION; VASCULAR TUMOR; VASCULARIZATION;

COLORECTAL CANCER; LYMPHATIC INVASION; PROGNOSIS; VASCULAR INVASION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84906302727     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: 17917530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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