Lymp nodes in colorectal carcinoma: The poisson probability paradigm

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 866-872

  Turner, John ^a   Vollmer, Robin T ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes theorem; Colon cancer; Lymph nodes; Metastasis; Poisson; Probability; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; ADENOCARCINOMA; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; LYMPH NODE; METASTASIS; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BAYES THEOREM; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 85047691451     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/35AEPKTAAGUTHQKQ     Document Type: Article

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