Open AccessLymph node yield in colorectal cancer specimens and its impact on pathological staging: Does number matter?
Author(s) -
Anuradha Ananthamurthy,
RN Mounika
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_980_21
Subject(s) - lymph , lymph node , medicine , colorectal cancer , rank correlation , pathological , radiology , pathology , surgery , cancer , mathematics , statistics
Regional lymph node involvement is an important predictor of outcome in colorectal cancer (CRC). The lymph node yield in resected specimens varies from case to case.