The prognostic significance of the ratio of positive to total nodes in colorectal cancer

M. Ng; S. Roy-Chowdhury; S. S. Lum; J. W. Morgan; J. H. Wong

doi:10.1200/JCO.2008.26.15_SUPPL.4045

The prognostic significance of the ratio of positive to total nodes in colorectal cancer

M. Ng, S. Roy-Chowdhury, S. S. Lum, J. W. Morgan, J. H. Wong

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Original language	American English
Journal	Journal of Clinical Oncology
Volume	26
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2008.26.15_SUPPL.4045
State	Published - May 20 2008

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Oncology
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The prognostic significance of the ratio of positive to total nodes in colorectal cancer

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