Metachronous metastasis- and survival-analysis show prognostic importance of lymphadenectomy for colon carcinomas

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Lymphadenectomy is performed to assess patient prognosis and to prevent metastasizing. Recently, it was questioned whether lymph node metastases were capable of metastasizing and therefore, if lymphadenectomy was still adequate. We e...

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Main Authors: Laubert Tilman, Habermann Jens K, Hemmelmann Claudia, Kleemann Markus, Oevermann Elisabeth, Bouchard Ralf, Hildebrand Philipp, Jungbluth Thomas, Bürk Conny, Esnaashari Hamed, Schlöricke Erik, Hoffmann Martin, Ziegler Andreas, Bruch Hans-Peter, Roblick Uwe J
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-03-01
Series:BMC Gastroenterology
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-230X/12/24