Detection of free malignant cells in the peritoneal cavity before and after resection of colorectal cancer

Andrew Leather, Gabrijela Kocjan, FJ Savage, Weiguo Hu, Chung Yim Yiu, P B Boulos, J M A Northover, Phillips Rw

Diseases of the Colon & Rectum · 1994 · 100 citations · 34 references

Abstract

Tumor cells may have leaked out from lymphatics cut during the dissection.

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