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Depth of invasion of colon carcinoma, lymphatic spread, and laparoscopic surgery
Author(s) -
DeCosse Jerome J.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19970715)80:2<177::aid-cncr1>3.0.co;2-r
Subject(s) - medicine , lymphatic system , laparoscopic surgery , lymph node , lymph node metastasis , lymph , carcinoma , colorectal cancer , general surgery , colon carcinoma , lymphovascular invasion , surgery , metastasis , laparoscopy , pathology , cancer
This editorial comments on the remarkable, labor‐intensive study of colon carcinoma reported in this issue, in which the authors mapped the extent and distribution of lymph node metastases and correlated lymph node spread with local depth of invasion. See also pages 188–92.