Clinically important aspects of lymph node assessment in colon cancer

✍ Scribed by Frances C. Wright; Calvin H.L. Law; Scott Berry; Andrew J. Smith

• Book ID: 102437284
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 158 KB
• Volume: 99
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0022-4790
• DOI: 10.1002/jso.21226

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

There has been considerable discussion in the literature regarding the importance and validity of lymph node retrieval and lymph node count for patients with colon cancer. In this article we summarize the importance of lymph node resection and assessment in contemporary colon cancer care, key clinical determinants of lymph node assessment, and discuss the role of lymph node assessment as a quality marker in colon cancer care. J. Surg. Oncol. 2009;99:248–255. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.