Significance of examined lymph nodes number and metastatic lymph nodes ratio in overall survival and adjuvant treatment decision in resected laryngeal carcinoma.
Xiaoke ZhuMin ZhaoLiang ZhouMing ZhangPengyu CaoXiaoke ZhuPublished in: Cancer medicine (2020)
A new survival-predicting model was established in this study, which was superior in assessing the survival outcomes of patients with resected laryngeal cancer. Notably, this model was also able to assist in the decision making of adjuvant therapy for patients and physicians.
Keyphrases
- lymph node
- decision making
- end stage renal disease
- early stage
- prognostic factors
- sentinel lymph node
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- squamous cell carcinoma
- chronic kidney disease
- small cell lung cancer
- primary care
- peritoneal dialysis
- papillary thyroid
- free survival
- replacement therapy
- childhood cancer
- smoking cessation