The Prognostic Role of Para-Aortic Lymph Nodes in Patients with Colorectal Cancer: Is It Regional or Distant Disease?

• Hsueh-Ju Lu,

  Affiliations Division of Hematology and Oncology, Show Chwan Memorial Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Program in Molecular Medicine, School of Life Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Jen-Kou Lin,

  Affiliations Division of Colon and Rectum Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Wei-Shone Chen,

  Affiliations Division of Colon and Rectum Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Jeng-Kai Jiang,

  Affiliations Division of Colon and Rectum Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Shung-Haur Yang,

  Affiliations Division of Colon and Rectum Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Yuan-Tzu Lan,

  Affiliations Division of Colon and Rectum Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Chun-Chi Lin,

  Affiliations Division of Colon and Rectum Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Chien-An Liu,

  Affiliations Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Hao-Wei Teng

  * E-mail: danny_teng@yahoo.com.tw (H-WT)

  Affiliations Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

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