The value of pre-operative computed tomography scanning for the assessment of lymph node status in patients with colon cancer

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1777-1781

  De Vries, F E E ^a   Da Costa, D W ^a   Van Der Mooren, K ^a   Van Dorp, T A ^a   Vrouenraets, B C ^a  

^a ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Colonic neoplasms; Computed tomographic; Lymph nodes; Neoplasm metastasis; Staging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; COLON TUMOR; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROMETASTASIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; AGED; CANCER STAGING; COLON RESECTION; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLECTOMY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84920676897     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2014.08.483     Document Type: Article

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