Significance of lymph node metastasis in the survival of stage IV colorectal cancer by hematogenous metastasis.
Eon Chul HanYoon-Hye KwonKyu Joo ParkSeung-Yong JeongSung-Bum KangJae Hwan OhSeung Chul Heonull nullPublished in: Annals of surgical treatment and research (2018)
LN metastasis is a significant prognostic factor in stage IV by hematogenous metastasis, too. N stage progression accumulates pathologically poor prognostic factors. However, the effect on survival of each N stage progression differs depending on curative resection or not of the hematogenous metastases.