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 OtsujiPublished 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.