European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 135-140 , February 2010

Improving lymph node detection in colon cancer in community hospitals and their pathology department in southern Netherlands

  • L.N. van Steenbergen

      Affiliations

    • Eindhoven Cancer Registry, Comprehensive Cancer Centre South, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31 40 2971616; fax: +31 40 2971610.
    • ,
  • G. van Lijnschoten

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Pathology and Medical Microbiology (PAMM), Eindhoven, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • H.J.T. Rutten

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Catharina Hospital Eindhoven, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • V.E.P.P. Lemmens

      Affiliations

    • Eindhoven Cancer Registry, Comprehensive Cancer Centre South, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
    • Department of Public Health, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • J.W.W. Coebergh

      Affiliations

    • Eindhoven Cancer Registry, Comprehensive Cancer Centre South, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
    • Department of Public Health, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

,Accepted 28 May 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2009.05.012

European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 135-140 , February 2010

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