Extent of surgery in cancer of the colon: Is more better?

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 132-138

  Willaert, Wouter ^a   Ceelen, Wim ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Cancer; Colon; Lymph node count; Mesocolic excision; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; COLON SURGERY; COMPLETE MESOCOLIC EXCISION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MESENTERY; OPERATION DURATION; RECTUM CANCER; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR INVASION; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

COLECTOMY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84920929718     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i1.132     Document Type: Article

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