Prognostic significance of lymphatic permeation in Dukes' B colorectal cancer.
The survival of 78 patients with Dukes' B colorectal carcinoma was evaluated in relation to the presence (36 patients) or absence (42 patients) of tumour cells within lymphatic capillaries. Age-adjusted survival analysis did not reveal a statistically significant difference in survival between these two groups.
Discipline of Surgical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Western Australia.
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D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000401:mortality*; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology