Sentence examples for extent of node from inspiring English sources

It was designed to provide the operative approach developed for cancers of the head of the pancreas to cancers of the body and tail of the pancreas, particularly with respect to the extent of node dissection and emphasis on obtaining microscopically negative tangential margins.

Tumour response was clearly related to the extent of node involvement.

An exploratory analysis of the IASLC database studied survival after complete resection in relation to the extent of node involvement using the zonal concept.

Both in this patient cohort and in previous reports, preoperative BRAF mutation status in cytology specimens has correlated with lymph node status, and some suggest it could guide the extent of node removal during surgery 38.

Considering resected patients, an exploratory analysis of the IASLC database studied survival after complete resection in relation to the extent of node involvement using the zonal concept [74,14].

This benefit is apparent for tumours larger than 2 cm, which is unlikely to be a result of lead time or length bias, but these subclasses seem to be the more responsive to mass screening, and it may be thought that when the tumour is small, whatever the extent of node invasion, survival is better.

The clustering coefficient measures the extent of nodes to cluster together by calculating the number of triangles in the network.

Information regarding patient age, stage, tumour grade, number of positive lymph nodes, extent of lymph node dissection (defined as the total number of lymph nodes recovered), and use of adjuvant radiation therapy was extracted.

We also have detailed data on timeliness of procedures, extent of lymph node procedures, positive node counts, and reconstruction, which may serve as additional surgical quality measures.

The impact of mediastinal node removal and the extent of lymph node removal on survival are still being debated [ 9].

Knowledge of the sites of lymph node involvement may guide the extent of lymph node dissection, thus reducing the time of surgery, complication rates and associated morbidity.