A Comprehensive Assessment of Accurate Lymph Node Staging and Preoperative Detection in Resected Pancreatic Cancer

ConclusionsAlthough the LN scoring in the seventh PDAC AJCC Staging System was sufficient to predict OS of our patients, more LNs than previously considered (20 vs. 15) were optimal to detect pathologic involvement. Preoperative LN detection was an accurate predictor of pN1 disease for treatment na ïve patients without biliary obstruction.
Source: Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery - Category: Surgery Source Type: research