Metastatic lymph node ratio is a more precise predictor of prognosis than number of lymph node metastases in stage III colon cancer

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1297-1302

  Chin, Chih Chien ^a,b   Wang, Jeng Yi ^a,b   Yeh, Chien Yuh ^a,b   Kuo, Yi Hung ^a   Huang, Wen Shih ^a,b   Yeh, Chung Hung ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Lymph node ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOCAL METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE RATIO; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350028363     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-009-0738-7     Document Type: Article

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