Lymph node metastasis informs prognosis and is a key factor in deciding further
management, particularly adjuvant chemotherapy. It is core to all contemporary staging …

Lymph node metastasis is regarded as an indubitable prognostic factor for predicting
disease recurrence and survival in patients with colorectal cancer. Lymph node status based …

Outcome prediction based on tumor stage reflected by the American Joint Committee on
Cancer (AJCC)/Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) tumor node metastasis (TNM) …

Surgical resection remains the most effective therapy for colon cancer. Pathologic findings in
surgical resection specimens are the best predictor of prognosis. As in any organ system …

This review presents an up‐to‐date analysis of the importance of accurate pathological
lymph node staging in colorectal cancer. Lymph node staging is reliant on the technique of …

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the most common malignancy of the gastrointestinal tract. There
will be an estimated 145,000 newly diagnosed cases and over 56,000 deaths from …

The status of lymph nodes is the most important prognosticator in colorectal cancer patients.
Patients with lymph node involvement have a lower survival rate and are candidates for …

Background Treatment decisions for colorectal cancer vary based on lymph node status.
While some histopathological features of the primary tumor correlate with lymph node …

Many colorectal resections do not meet the minimum of 12 lymph nodes (LNs)
recommended by the American Joint Committee on Cancer for accurate staging of colorectal …

Background: Detection of metastatic lymph nodes in colon cancer is essential for
determining stage and adjuvant treatment modalities. Lymph node size has been used as …