Conference
An Evaluation of the Relationship Between Lymph Node Number and Staging in pT3 Colon Cancer Using Population-Based Data
Abstract
PURPOSE: The number of lymph nodes examined has been proposed as a quality benchmark for colon cancer surgery, although it is unknown whether this strategy reduces understaging.
METHODS: We identified 11,044 patients who underwent surgery for colon cancer with pT3 wall penetration between 1988 and 2003 from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results cancer registry. We determined the proportion of patients who were node positive for each …
Authors
Baxter NN; Ricciardi R; Simunovic M; Urbach DR; Virnig BA
Volume
53
Pagination
pp. 65-70
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
January 2010
DOI
10.1007/dcr.0b013e3181c70425
Conference proceedings
Diseases of the Colon & Rectum
Issue
1
ISSN
0012-3706