Fifteen is just a number
| dc.contributor.author | Denlinger, Chadrick E. | |
| dc.contributor.department | Surgery, School of Medicine | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-10-17T21:05:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-10-17T21:05:58Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-07 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Lymph node dissection remains an essential part of any oncologic surgery. At a minimum, sentinel node sampling is required for some cancers. For many solid malignancies, including lung and esophageal cancer, the number of lymph nodes resected correlates with long-term outcomes. The debate remains regarding the relative contributions of the oncologic impact of a thorough lymph node sampling vs stage migration leading to the improved outcomes. An alternative explanation, still, is that a thorough lymph node sampling may just be a surrogate marker of comprehensive quality care, without having any direct impact on cancer-related outcomes. | |
| dc.eprint.version | Author's manuscript | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Denlinger, C. E. (2023). Fifteen is just a number. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 116(1), 137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2023.05.003 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1805/36417 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier | |
| dc.relation.isversionof | 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2023.05.003 | |
| dc.relation.journal | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | |
| dc.rights | Publisher Policy | |
| dc.source | Author | |
| dc.subject | lymph node dissection | |
| dc.subject | long-term outcomes | |
| dc.subject | benchmark number | |
| dc.subject | esophagectomy | |
| dc.title | Fifteen is just a number | |
| dc.type | Article |