What is your count? An observational study of lymph node counting in 2,028 colorectal cancer resections.

Shivali SrivastavaIpshita KakPierre MajorMichael Bonert

Published in: PloS one (2024)

Positive lymph node call rate has a good consistency in the laboratory; however, lymph node count varies significantly between pathologists. Standardized counting criteria are needed to improve uniformity and could be aided by synoptic reporting data.

Keyphrases

lymph node
sentinel lymph node
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
peripheral blood
big data
machine learning
artificial intelligence
early stage