Harvesting 15+ nodes boosts colon ca survival.(Disease/Disorder overview)

Internal Medicine News | July 15, 2006| | Copyright

BOSTON -- Resection of at least 15 nodes improves colon cancer survival at all stages, according to a study presented by Dr. Steven L. Chen at the annual meeting of the American Surgical Association.

The existence of nodal metastases is the most important prognostic factor for colon cancer, and guidelines on how many nodes to sample range anywhere from 7 to 40, said Dr. Chen, adding that the national median is 9.

Dr. Chen, who is in private practice in Santa Monica, Calif., and his colleague Dr. Anton J. Bilchik of the John Wayne Cancer Institute, Santa ...

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