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

Pathologic assessment of colorectal cancer specimens plays an essential role in patient
management, informing prognosis and contributing to therapeutic decision making. The …

Context.—Pathologic assessment of colorectal cancer resection specimens plays an
important role in postsurgical management and prognostication in patients with colorectal …

Background Textbook outcome has been proposed as a tool for the assessment of
oncological surgical care. However, an international assessment in patients undergoing …

Lymph node staging is of crucial importance for the therapy stratification and prognosis
estimation in colon cancer. Beside the detection of metastases, the number of harvested …

Objective: To examine the trends and survival for women with early-stage epithelial ovarian
cancer who underwent adequate lymphadenectomy during surgical treatment. Methods …

Background Pathological examination of a minimum of 16 lymph nodes is recommended
following surgery for gastric adenocarcinoma, despite this a longer survival is expected …

INTRODUCTION—Carcinoma of the colon or rectum (colorectal cancer [CRC]) is a common
malignancy. Surgical resection is the primary treatment modality for early stage CRC (stage I …

Abstract Introduction and Design Node dissection during esophagectomy is an important
aspect of esophageal cancer staging. Controversy remains as to how many nodes need to …

Lymph node (LN) metastasis is the most common form of metastasis in gastric cancer (GC).
The status and stage of LN metastasis are important indicators that reflect the progress of …