Prognostic Role of Lymph Node Positivity and Number of Lymph Nodes Needed for Accurately Staging Small-Bowel Neuroendocrine Tumors

Little information is available regarding the minimum number of lymph nodes needed to accurately stage patients when performing a mesenteric lymphadenectomy for small-bowel neuroendocrine tumors. To determine the prognostic role of lymph node positivity and the ideal number of lymph nodes for accura...

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Published in:	JAMA surgery Vol. 154; no. 2; p. 134
Main Authors:	Zaidi, Mohammad Y, Lopez-Aguiar, Alexandra G, Dillhoff, Mary, Beal, Eliza, Poultsides, George, Makris, Eleftherios, Rocha, Flavio, Crown, Angelena, Idrees, Kamran, Marincola Smith, Paula, Nathan, Hari, Beems, Megan, Abbott, Daniel, Barrett, James R, Fields, Ryan C, Davidson, Jesse, Cardona, Kenneth, Maithel, Shishir K
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.02.2019
Subjects:	Disease-Free Survival Female Humans Intestinal Neoplasms - mortality Intestinal Neoplasms - pathology Intestine, Small - pathology Kaplan-Meier Estimate Lymph Node Excision - mortality Lymph Node Excision - statistics & numerical data Lymphatic Metastasis Male Middle Aged Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - mortality Neoplasm Staging Neuroendocrine Tumors - mortality Neuroendocrine Tumors - pathology Prognosis Retrospective Studies Tumor Burden
ISSN:	2168-6262, 2168-6262
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