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The Worse Prognosis of Right-Sided Compared with Left-Sided Colon Cancers: a Systematic Review and M...

The Worse Prognosis of Right-Sided Compared with Left-Sided Colon Cancers: a Systematic Review and M...

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The Worse Prognosis of Right-Sided Compared with Left-Sided Colon Cancers: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

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Full title

The Worse Prognosis of Right-Sided Compared with Left-Sided Colon Cancers: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Publisher

New York: Springer US

Journal title

Journal of gastrointestinal surgery, 2016-03, Vol.20 (3), p.648-655

Language

English

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Publisher

New York: Springer US

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Contents

Background
Right-sided colon cancers (RCC) and left-sided colon cancers (LCC) are of different embryological origins, and various differences exist between them. However, the survival difference has not been assessed. The aim of this meta-analysis was to quantify the prognostic differences between RCC and LCC.
Methods
Fifteen studies that...

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Full title

The Worse Prognosis of Right-Sided Compared with Left-Sided Colon Cancers: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1765114287

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1765114287

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ISSN

1091-255X

E-ISSN

1873-4626

DOI

10.1007/s11605-015-3026-6

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