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Perineural invasion in pT3N0 rectal cancer

The incidence and its prognostic effect

  1. Junjie Peng MD1,†,
  2. Weiqi Sheng MD2,†,
  3. Dan Huang MD2,
  4. Alan P. Venook MD3,
  5. Ye Xu MD1,
  6. Zuqing Guan MD1,
  7. Sanjun Cai MD1,‡,*

Article first published online: 8 NOV 2010

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25620

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Cancer

Cancer

Volume 117, Issue 7, pages 1415–1421, 1 April 2011

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Peng, J., Sheng, W., Huang, D., Venook, A. P., Xu, Y., Guan, Z. and Cai, S. (2011), Perineural invasion in pT3N0 rectal cancer. Cancer, 117: 1415–1421. doi: 10.1002/cncr.25620

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  1. 1

    Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cancer Hospital of Fudan University, Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

  2. 2

    Department of Pathology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

  3. 3

    Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California

  1. †

    The first two authors contributed equally to this article.

  2. ‡

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*Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cancer Hospital of Fudan University, 270 Dongan Road, Swhanghai 200032 China

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 18 MAR 2011
  2. Article first published online: 8 NOV 2010
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 2 AUG 2010
  4. Manuscript Revised: 7 JUL 2010
  5. Manuscript Received: 26 MAY 2010

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