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01-09-2008 | Gastrointestinal Oncology
Biological Behavior of Perihepatic Lymph Node Metastasis and Its Impact on Prognosis Following Liver Resection for Colorectal Metastases
Author:
Durgatosh Pandey, M.Ch
Published in:
Annals of Surgical Oncology
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Issue 9/2008
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Excerpt
Bennett et al. have done a commendable job in analyzing the impact of perihepatic lymph node metastases following partial hepatectomy for colorectal metastases.
1 The conclusion that involvement of perihepatic lymph nodes would adversely affect outcome is not surprising. What is remarkable is that, despite their involvement, the 3-year overall survival was 76% for the immunohistochemistry (IHC)-positive group and 25% for the hematoxylin and eosin (H&E)-positive group. This is a fairly good result and it opens the discussion about the biological behavior of the perihepatic lymph node metastasis in the presence of liver metastasis. …