Clinicopathological and biomolecular characteristics of stage IIB/IIC and stage IIIA colon cancer: Insight into the survival paradox.
Ho Seung KimKyeong Min KimSat Byol LeeGa Ram KimYoon Dae HanMin Soo ChoHyuk HurKang Young LeeNam Kyu KimByung Soh MinPublished in: Journal of surgical oncology (2019)
The survival paradox in colon cancer was confirmed and appears to be a multifactorial phenomenon not attributed to a single clinicopathologic factor. However, the greater molecular heterogeneity in stage IIB/IIC could contribute to the poor prognosis.