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Separating surgical quality from causality—Gaining perspective in the debate on lymph node count and extent of lymphadenectomy
✍ Scribed by Scott M. Gilbert
- Book ID
- 102110848
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 47 KB
- Volume
- 112
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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✦ Synopsis
Although the number of lymph nodes removed during lymphadenectomy is associated with survival in several cancers, the survival association has been based primarily on observational data, and causality has not been confirmed through randomized surgical trials. Certainly, the number of lymph nodes removed and the extent of lymphadenectomy are likely related to surgical quality at some level; however, a direct connection to survival is less likely.