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Session 2: Extramural vascular invasion and extranodal deposits: should they be treated the same?
Author(s) -
Balyasnikova S.,
Haboubi N.,
Wale A.,
Santiago I.,
Morgan M.,
Cunningham D.,
Mason M.,
Berho M.,
Brown G.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
colorectal disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.029
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1463-1318
pISSN - 1462-8910
DOI - 10.1111/codi.14078
Subject(s) - medicine , session (web analytics) , lymph , mechanism (biology) , general surgery , pathology , world wide web , philosophy , epistemology , computer science
Professor Nagtegaal has already highlighted that lymph nodes are probably not responsible for the development of liver metastases. If they are not, then is there another mechanism? Professor Haboubi addresses the question of extranodal deposits – their frequency and their importance in the development of metastatic disease. The experts review the evidence and discuss whether this information will alter treatment decisions and staging systems in the future.

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