Improving lymph node detection in colon cancer in community hospitals and their pathology department in southern Netherlands

L.N. van Steenbergen , G van Lijnschoten (1) , H.J.T. Rutten (2) , V.E.P.P. Lemmens (3) , J.W.W. Coebergh (3)

1 Institute for Pathology and Medical Microbiology (PAMM)
2 Department of Surgery
3 Department of Public Health

The aim was to investigate whether a set of measures directed at increasing lymph node (LN) detection among colon cancer patients led to clinically relevant changes in LN detection rate.

Mots clés: colon cancer; cost-effectiveness; lymph node detection; Patent blue V; trend

L.N. van Steenbergen, G van Lijnschoten, H.J.T. Rutten, V.E.P.P. Lemmens, J.W.W. Coebergh. Improving lymph node detection in colon cancer in community hospitals and their pathology department in southern Netherlands. EJSO - European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2010, 36 (2), pp.135. ⟨10.1016/j.ejso.2009.05.012⟩. ⟨hal-00557759⟩