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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 Sugihara
Published 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.
Keyphrases
  • lymph node
  • papillary thyroid
  • squamous cell
  • neoadjuvant chemotherapy
  • sentinel lymph node
  • lymph node metastasis
  • childhood cancer
  • squamous cell carcinoma
  • early stage
  • young adults
  • radiation therapy
  • rectal cancer