How does lymph node yield affect survival outcomes of stage I and II colon cancer?
Dominic Chi-Chung FooClement KuRockson WeiJeremy YipJulian TsangToi Yin ChanOswens LoWai Lun LawPublished in: World journal of surgical oncology (2020)
The lymph node yield had a significant association with survival outcomes. A lymph node yield of 20 or more was associated with better survival outcomes. On the other hand, lymph node yield less than 12 was not shown to have inferior survival outcomes when compared to those between 12 and 19.