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World Journal of Surgery
Published in: World Journal of Surgery 4/2010

01-04-2010

Quality Control in Colorectal Cancer Care: How Many Lymph Nodes Should Be Harvested?

Authors: John Spiliotis, Dimitrios H. Roukos

Published in: World Journal of Surgery | Issue 4/2010

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In a recent issue of the World Journal of Surgery, Hsu and colleagues [1] report on the number of lymph nodes that should be retrieved for accurate staging and improved oncological outcomes. This is a highly important and controversial topic. …
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Hsu CW, Lin CH, Wang JH et al (2009) Factors that influence 12 or more harvested lymph nodes in early-stage colorectal cancer. World J Surg 33:333–339CrossRefPubMed
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Bilimoria KY, Bentrem DJ, Stewart AK et al (2008) Lymph node evaluation as a colon cancer quality measure: a national hospital report card. J Natl Cancer Inst 100:1310–1317CrossRefPubMed
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Wong SL, Ji H, Hollenbeck BK et al (2007) Hospital lymph node examination rates and survival after resection for colon cancer. JAMA 298:2149–2154CrossRefPubMed
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Metadata
Title
Quality Control in Colorectal Cancer Care: How Many Lymph Nodes Should Be Harvested?
Authors
John Spiliotis
Dimitrios H. Roukos
Publication date
01-04-2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
World Journal of Surgery / Issue 4/2010
Print ISSN: 0364-2313
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2323
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-009-0236-7

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