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Erschienen in: World Journal of Surgery 4/2013

01.04.2013

A Nodal Positivity Constant: New Perspectives in Lymph Node Evaluation and Colorectal Cancer

verfasst von: Niamh M. Hogan, Desmond C. Winter

Erschienen in: World Journal of Surgery | Ausgabe 4/2013

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Abstract

Purpose

To date, associations between the number of lymph nodes evaluated, staging, and survival have been examined in the context of large population-based studies conducted by a small number of investigators. Therefore, although high-quality data are available, perspective is lacking.

Methods

Studies for this paper were identified by searches of Medline, Scopus, PubMed, and manual searching of references from articles, using the search terms ‘‘colorectal cancer’’, ‘‘nodal status’’ and ‘‘lymph node’’.

Results

It is clear that survival benefit increases with the increasing number of lymph nodes harvested. Despite this observation, there has been no significant increase in the proportion of node-positive cancers over the past two decades.

Conclusion

The nodal positivity rate for colorectal cancer consistently approximates 40 % across a wide range of studies internationally, a phenomenon that has not previously been recognized in the literature. We review the evidence and introduce the concept of a nodal positivity constant.
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Metadaten
Titel
A Nodal Positivity Constant: New Perspectives in Lymph Node Evaluation and Colorectal Cancer
verfasst von
Niamh M. Hogan
Desmond C. Winter
Publikationsdatum
01.04.2013
Verlag
Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in
World Journal of Surgery / Ausgabe 4/2013
Print ISSN: 0364-2313
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-2323
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-012-1891-7

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