Ex vivo sentinel lymph node investigation in colorectal cancer

Introduction: In Brazil, about 26,000 cases of colorectal cancer are diagnosed per year. Pa- tients considered at the early stage of disease (without lymph node) evolve with tumor relapse or recurrence in up to a quarter of cases, probably due to understaging. Objective: Research on ex vivo sentinel...

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Main Authors: Antônio Hilário Alves Freitas, Alberto Julius Alves Wainstein, Tarcizo Afonso Nunes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of Coloproctology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2237936313000051