Stage migration resulting from inadequate number of examined lymph nodes impacts prognosis in stage II colon cancer after radical surgery.

Published in: International journal of colorectal disease (2020)

Inadequate ELN leads to understaging in stage II colon cancer and predicts inferior prognosis. Our analyses show that the novel prognostic scoring system, consisting of combined pT and ELN, quantified stage migration effect and can be applied to the reclassification of stage II colon cancer.

Keyphrases

lymph node
minimally invasive
early stage
coronary artery disease
acute coronary syndrome
coronary artery bypass
atrial fibrillation
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
percutaneous coronary intervention