Comparative Analysis of Tumor Cell Dissemination to the Sentinel Lymph Nodes and to the Bone Marrow in Patients With Nonmetastasized Colon Cancer
Author(s) -
Benjamin Weixler,
Carsten T. Viehl,
René Warschkow,
Ulrich Güller,
Michaela Ramser,
Guido Sauter,
Markus Zuber
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
jama surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 2168-6262
pISSN - 2168-6254
DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2017.1514
Subject(s) - medicine , lymph , colorectal cancer , bone marrow , lymph node , sentinel lymph node , pathology , micrometastasis , h&e stain , stage (stratigraphy) , cancer , oncology , metastasis , surgery , staining , breast cancer , paleontology , biology
Small nodal tumor infiltrates (SNTI; isolated tumor cells and micrometastases) in sentinel lymph nodes and bone marrow micrometastases (BMM) were independently described as prognostic factors in patients with colon cancer.
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