Is right-sided colon cancer different to left-sided colorectal cancer? - A systematic review

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 300-308

  Lee, G H ^a,b   Malietzis, G ^a   Askari, A ^a   Bernardo, D ^b   Al Hassi, H O ^b   Clark, S K ^a,c  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Colorectal cancer; Environmental exposure; Pathology; Subsite

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CARCINOMA; COLLOID CARCINOMA; COLON; COLORECTAL TUMOR; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; RECTUM;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; CARCINOMA; COLON; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; RECTUM;

EID: 84922887961     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2014.11.001     Document Type: Review

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