Process of distant lymph node metastasis in colorectal carcinoma: Implication of extracapsular invasion of lymph node metastasis

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>We previously demonstrated that extracapsular invasion (ECI) at a metastatic sentinel node was significantly associated with the presence of positive non-sentinel nodes in patients with breast cancer. However, the mechanism of metast...

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Main Authors: Asao Takayuki, Tsutsumi Soichi, Yamaguchi Satoru, Yajima Reina, Tabe Yuichi, Fujii Takaaki, Kuwano Hiroyuki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-06-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/11/216