Open AccessSize does not determine the grade of malignancy of early invasive colorectal cancer
Author(s) -
Takahisa Matsuda,
Yutaka Saito,
Takeshi Fujii,
Toshio Uraoka,
Takeshi Nakajima,
Nozomu Kobayashi,
Fabián Emura,
Akiko Ono,
Tadakazu Shimoda,
Hiroaki Ikematsu,
Fu K,
Yasushi Sano,
Takahiro Fujimori
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.15.2708
Subject(s) - medicine , lymphovascular invasion , malignancy , colorectal cancer , lesion , adenocarcinoma , cancer , lymph node metastasis , incidence (geometry) , gastroenterology , metastasis , pathology , physics , optics
To clarify the clinicopathological characteristics of small and large early invasive colorectal cancers (EI-CRCs), and to determine whether malignancy grade depends on size.