Factors affecting number of lymph nodes harvested and the impact of examining a minimum of 12 lymph nodes in stage I-III colorectal cancer patients: a retrospective single institution cohort study of 1167 consecutive patients

BACKGROUND: To identify factors affecting the harvest of lymph nodes (LNs) and to investigate the association between examining a minimum of 12 LNs and clinical outcomes in stage I-III colorectal cancer (CRC) patients. METHODS: The clinicopathologic features and the number of examined LNs for 1167 s...

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Autores principales: Tsai, Hsiang-Lin, Huang, Ching-Wen, Yeh, Yung-Sung, Ma, Cheng-Jen, Chen, Chao-Wen, Lu, Chien-Yu, Huang, Ming-Yii, Yang, I-Ping, Wang, Jaw-Yuan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4832538/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27079509
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12893-016-0132-7

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