Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8835367 | Journal of Surgical Research | 2018 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
AJCC 8 offers adequate discrimination for GBC staging, especially for node-positive patients. With actual GBC LN sampling rates at 50.7%, and far short of the â¥6 LN threshold, quality improvement measures may need to focus on requiring any LN sampling before raising the minimum to six LNs.
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Authors
Andrew J. MD, PhD, Yi-Ju MSPH, Jeffrey E. MD, Claudius MD, PhD, Yun-Shin MD, Thomas A. MD, Jean-Nicolas MD, Ching-Wei D. MD,