Nodal status, number of lymph nodes examined, and lymph node ratio: What defines prognosis after resection of colon adenocarcinoma?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 217, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1090-1100

  Gleisner, Ana L ^a   Mogal, Harveshp ^a   Dodson, Rebecca ^b   Efron, Jon ^b   Gearhart, Susan ^b   Wick, Elizabeth ^b   Lidor, Anne ^b   Herman, Joseph M ^b   Pawlik, Timothy M ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abbreviations and Acronyms; AIC; Akaike's information criteria; hazard ratio; HR; LN; LNR; lymph node; lymph node ratio; NMLN; NNLN; number of metastatic lymph nodes; number of negative lymph nodes; TNLE; total number of lymph nodes examined

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE RATIO; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM EXAMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIC; AKAIKE'S INFORMATION CRITERIA; HAZARD RATIO; HR; LN; LNR; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE RATIO; NMLN; NNLN; NUMBER OF METASTATIC LYMPH NODES; NUMBER OF NEGATIVE LYMPH NODES; TNLE; TOTAL NUMBER OF LYMPH NODES EXAMINED;

ABDOMEN; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLECTOMY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEER PROGRAM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84888010355     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.07.404     Document Type: Article

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