Importance of an appropriate number of examined lymph nodes in patients with pancreatic cancer-the more the better?

作     者：Toshiro Ogura Hiroyuki Ishida Amane Takahashi Yoshiyuki Kawashima 

作者机构：Department of Gastroenterological SurgerySaitama Cancer CenterSaitamaJapan 

出 版 物：《Hepatobiliary Surgery and Nutrition》 (肝胆外科与营养（英文）)

年 卷 期：2022年第11卷第4期

页      面：605-607页

核心收录：

学科分类：1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：lymph metastasis patients 

摘      要：Pancreatic cancer is a highly aggressive malignant cancer with a 5-year survival rate of approximately 10%.The outcome of patients diagnosed with resectable pancreatic cancer as per the National Comprehensive Cancer Network(NCCN)classification and those who underwent resection was not satisfactory.Similar to other abdominal malignant tumors,the stages of pancreatic cancer are defined by local extension,lymph node metastasis,and distant metastasis.The presence or absence of lymph node metastasis is diagnosed by pathological examination of the retrieved lymph,the quality of the diagnosis based on lymph node(N)staging depends on the surgical and pathological aspects(1).