Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 195, Issue 3 , Pages 395-408, September 2002

The theories and realities of port-site metastases:

A critical appraisal

  • Paul Ziprin, FRCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Oncology and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, St Mary’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence address: Paul Ziprin, FRCS, Department of Surgical Oncology and Technology, Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, St Mary’s Hospital, 10th Floor QEQM Building, Praed Street, London W2 1NY, UK.
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  • Paul F Ridgway, BMedSci, AFRCSI

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Oncology and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, St Mary’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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  • David H Peck, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Oncology and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, St Mary’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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  • Ara W Darzi, MD, FRCSI, FRCS, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Oncology and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, St Mary’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Received 5 March 2002; accepted 29 March 2002.

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 No competing interests declared.

PII: S1072-7515(02)01249-8

Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 195, Issue 3 , Pages 395-408, September 2002