Ex vivo sentinel lymph node investigation in colorectal cancer
Introduction: In Brazil, about 26,000 cases of colorectal cancer are diagnosed per year. Pa- tients considered at the early stage of disease (without lymph node) evolve with tumor relapse or recurrence in up to a quarter of cases, probably due to understaging. Objective: Research on ex vivo sentinel...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda.
2013-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Coloproctology |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2237936313000051 |