Table 6
Recommendations about numbers of lymph nodes to examine in colorectal cancer resection specimens
| Fist author (Ref) | Year of publication | Study objective | No. lymph nodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hermanek26 | 1993 | Maximise ascertainment of Dukes’s stage C disease | 20+ |
| Goldstein27 | 1996 | Maximise detection of nodal metastases | 17–20 |
| Maurel28 | 1998 | Optimal ascription to node positive or node negative categories | 8+ |
| Cserni29 | 1999 | Maximise proportion of node positive cases | 6–16 |
| Wong30 | 1999 | Generate stage distribution comparable with US National Cancer Data Base report | 14 |
| Goldstein31 | 2002 | Maximise detection of nodal metastases | All available |
| Johnson32 | 2002 | Conformity to American Joint Committee on Cancer recommendations | 12 |
| Cserni33 | 2002 | Reliability of node negative ascription | All available |
