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Sherry M. Wren

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  • Racial and ethnic differences in lymph node examination after colon cancer resection do not completely explain disparities in mortality.

    Rhoads KF, Cullen J, Ngo JV, Wren SM. Cancer. 2012; 118 (2): 469-77

    In 1999, a multidisciplinary panel of experts in colorectal cancer reviewed the relevant medical literature and issued a consensus recommendation for a 12-lymph node (LN) minimum examination after resection for colon cancer. Some authors have shown racial/ethnic differences in receipt of this evidence-based care. To date, however, none has investigated the correlation between disparities in LN examination and disparities in outcomes after colon cancer treatment.

    PubMedID: 21751191

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