The number of metastatic lymph nodes exhibiting poorly differentiated clusters predicts survival in patients with pStage III colorectal cancer

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 283-290

  Kinoshita, Osamu ^a   Kishimoto, Mitsuo ^a   Murayama, Yasutoshi ^a   Kuriu, Yoshiaki ^a   Nakanishi, Masayoshi ^a   Sakakura, Chohei ^a   Otsuji, Eigo ^a   Yanagisawa, Akio ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Histopathological prognosticator; Lymph node status; Poorly differentiated clusters

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CELL; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTION; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957438479     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: 14321262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-015-2393-5     Document Type: Article

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