European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 401-408 , May 2007

A systematic review on the significance of extracapsular lymph node involvement in gastrointestinal malignancies

  • J. Wind

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Centre, Post-box 22660, Meibergdreef 9, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31 20 566 3170; fax: +31 20 691 4858.
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  • S.M. Lagarde

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Centre, Post-box 22660, Meibergdreef 9, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • F.J.W. ten Kate

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Centre, Post-box 22660, Meibergdreef 9, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • D.T. Ubbink

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Centre, Post-box 22660, Meibergdreef 9, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Academic Medical Centre, Post-box 22660, Meibergdreef 9, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • W.A. Bemelman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Centre, Post-box 22660, Meibergdreef 9, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • J.J.B. van Lanschot

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Centre, Post-box 22660, Meibergdreef 9, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands

,Accepted 1 November 2006.

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☆ Financial support: J. Wind is supported by a grant (945-06-901) from ZonMw; S.M. Lagarde is supported by a grant (04-77) from the Maag Lever Darm Stichting (Dutch Digestive Diseases Foundation).

PII: S0748-7983(06)00452-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2006.11.001

European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 401-408 , May 2007

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