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Predictive Value of the Number of Harvested Lymph Nodes and Cut-Off for Lymph Node Ratio in the Prognosis of Stage II and III Colorectal Cancer Patients

Purpose/aim: The appropriate staging of colorectal cancer requires at least 12 lymph nodes to be sampled. We evaluated whether lymph node sampling (LNS) and lymph node ratio (LNR) can predict the prognosis of stage II-III patients. Materials and methods: This is a retrospective study on 432 patients...

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Main Authors: Giovanni Li Destri, Martina Barchitta, Antonio Pesce, Saverio Latteri, Dorotea Bosco, Antonio Di Cataldo, Antonella Agodi, Stefano Puleo
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Investigative Surgery
Subjects:
colorectal cancer
lymph node sampling
lymph node ratio
roc curve
disease free survival
prognosis
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08941939.2017.1369605
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