{"title":"Lymph Node Status in Colorectal Cancer; Is There a Case for Auditing the Pathologist and the Surgeon?","authors":"E. Salmo, N. Haboubi","doi":"10.5812/ACR.83979","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The significance of nodal metastasis as a prognostic factor in colorectal cancer is universally recognised and accepted. This article discusses the various factors that govern lymph node harvest and how to improve that. We will discuss the outcome of lymph node harvest as a possible form of auditing the surgical technique and the pathologist dedication.","PeriodicalId":8370,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Colorectal Research","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2019-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Annals of Colorectal Research","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5812/ACR.83979","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The significance of nodal metastasis as a prognostic factor in colorectal cancer is universally recognised and accepted. This article discusses the various factors that govern lymph node harvest and how to improve that. We will discuss the outcome of lymph node harvest as a possible form of auditing the surgical technique and the pathologist dedication.