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

Authors: Chao-Wen Hsu, Jui-Ho Wang, Hsin-Tai Wang, Tai-Ming King

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

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I agreed with Spiliotis and Roukos [1] about the total number of lymph nodes examined (TNODS) used as a prognostic marker of oncologic outcome and quality control parameter for colorectal cancer (CRC). However, there are still some controversies that have to be elucidated. …

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Title: Quality Control in Colorectal Cancer Care: How Many Lymph Nodes Should Be Harvested? Reply to Letter
Authors: Chao-Wen Hsu
Jui-Ho Wang
Hsin-Tai Wang
Tai-Ming King
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/s00268-010-0421-8

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