Prognostic impact of tumor location in colon cancer: the Monitoring of Cancer Incidence in Japan (MCIJ) project

Abstract Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) is globally one of the most common cancers. Although studies have found a significant prognostic impact of cancer location for right-sided colon cancers compared with those of the left-side, evidence is lacking in a Japanese population. Therefore, we inves...

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Main Authors: Hiroko Nakagawa-Senda, Megumi Hori, Tomohiro Matsuda, Hidemi Ito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-019-5644-y