Impact of the preoperative clinical N stage on the prognosis of patients with colon cancer.

Wataru TakakiTomohiro AritaYoshiaki KuriuHiroki ShimizuJun KiuchiTakuma OhashiYusuke YamamotoHirotaka KonishiRyo MorimuraAtsushi ShiozakiHisashi IkomaTakeshi KubotaHitoshi FujiwaraKazuma OkamotoEigo Otsuji

Published in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2022)

Preoperatively over-staged cN cases had a poorer prognosis than cases without over-staging, indicating its potential as a prognostic factor. In addition to already known high risk factors in pStage II cases, the preoperative cStage may be an indication for adjuvant chemotherapy.

Keyphrases

prognostic factors
risk factors
patients undergoing
lymph node
pet ct
lymph node metastasis