Minimum viable populations: is there a ‘magic number’ for conservation practitioners?

Is there a minimum number of lymph nodes

Is there a minimum number of lymph nodes that should be histologically assessed for a reliable nodal staging of T3N0M0 colorectal carcinomas?

✍ Gábor Cserni; Vincent Vinh-Hung; Tomasz Burzykowski 📂 Article 📅 2002 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 104 KB

## Abstract ## Background and Objectives Because of the existing controversy, we searched for a cutoff value for the number of lymph nodes (LNs) to be examined in order to establish a reliable node‐negative stage in colorectal carcinomas (CRCs). ## Methods From the SEER database, 8,574 T3N0M0 fi