Marked impact of tumor location on the appropriate cutoff values and the prognostic significance of the lymph node ratio in stage III colon cancer: a multi-institutional retrospective analysis.
Eiji ShintoHideyuki IkeJin-Ichi HidaHirotoshi KobayashiYojiro HashiguchiYoshiki KajiwaraKazuo HaseHideki UenoKenichi SugiharaPublished in: Journal of gastroenterology (2019)
We demonstrated the difference in the appropriate cutoffs of LNR between right and left colon cancer. Categorization by location-specific cutoff of LNR may be useful for risk stratification of patients with stage III cancer.