Revisiting Dukes' paradigm; some node positive colon cancer patients have better prognosis than some node negative patients.

Omar Abdel-Rahman

Published in: Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico (2017)

The proposed modified staging system provided an improved prognostication for colon cancer patients (particularly for stage II/III disease) compared to AJCC staging system. Further external validation of the proposed staging system is needed before adoption into routine practice.

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