Surgery
Volume 147, Issue 3 , Pages 352-357 , March 2010

Predictors of occult nodal metastasis in colon cancer: Results from a prospective multicenter trial

Presented in part at the Pacific Coast Surgical Association Meeting, San Diego, CA, February 16, 2008.

  • Nabil Wasif, MD

      Affiliations

    • John Wayne Cancer Institute at Saint John's Health Center, Santa Monica, CA
    • ,
  • Mark B. Faries, MD

      Affiliations

    • John Wayne Cancer Institute at Saint John's Health Center, Santa Monica, CA
    • ,
  • Sukamal Saha, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Michigan State University McLaren Regional Medical Center, Flint, MI
    • ,
  • Roderick R. Turner, MD

      Affiliations

    • John Wayne Cancer Institute at Saint John's Health Center, Santa Monica, CA
    • ,
  • David Wiese, MD

      Affiliations

    • Michigan State University McLaren Regional Medical Center, Flint, MI
    • ,
  • Martin D. McCarter, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of GI Tumors and Endocrine Surgery, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO
    • ,
  • Perry Shen, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Oncology, Wake Forest University Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC
    • ,
  • Alexander Stojadinovic, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • United States Military Cancer Institute, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC
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  • Anton J. Bilchik, MD, PhD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, and California Oncology Research Institute, Santa Monica, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprinted requests: Anton J. Bilchik, MD, PhD, FACS, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, 2336 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 206, Santa Monica, CA 90404.

,Accepted 2 October 2009.

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 Supported by Grant 2RO1CA090848-05A2 from the National Cancer Institute and by funding from the William Randolph Hearst Foundation (San Francisco, CA), The Joyce E. and Ben B. Eisenberg Foundation (Los Angeles, CA), Davidow Charitable Fund (Los Angeles, CA), the Sequouia Foundation, Mrs. Ruth Weil (Los Angeles, CA), the Rod Fasone Memorial Cancer Fund (Los Angeles, CA), and the Henry L. Guenther Foundation (Los Angeles, CA).

PII: S0039-6060(09)00618-7

doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2009.10.008

Surgery
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