Trends in the Number of Lymph Nodes Evaluated Among Patients with Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors in the United States: A Multi-Institutional and National Database Analysis.

CONCLUSION: The number of LNs examined nearly quadrupled over the last decade. The increased number of LNs examined suggested a growing adoption of the AJCC staging manual recommendations regarding LN evaluation in the treatment of pNET.
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Source: Ann Oncol - December 13, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Sahara K, Tsilimigras DI, Mehta R, Moro A, Paredes AZ, Lopez-Aguiar AG, Rocha F, Kanji Z, Weber S, Fisher A, Fields R, Krasnick BA, Idrees K, Smith PM, Poultsides GA, Makris E, Cho C, Beems M, Dillhoff M, Maithel SK, Endo I, Pawlik TM Tags: Ann Surg Oncol Source Type: research