The prognostic role of metastatic lymph node ratio in colon cancer: a retrospective cohort study on 241 patients in a single center

The detection of nodal status is based on examination of lymph nodes (LN) after the tumor surgical resection and the current guidelines recommend examining at least 12 regional LN. An inadequate number of examined LN may lead to a lower N stage or to a false-negative nodal disease. To overcome these...

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Published in:	Minerva surgery Vol. 78; no. 2; p. 155
Main Authors:	Cozzani, Federico, Agnesi, Stefano, Dell'abate, Paolo, Rossini, Matteo, Viani, Lorenzo, Pedrazzi, Giuseppe, Del Rio, Paolo
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Italy 01-04-2023
Subjects:	Colonic Neoplasms - pathology Humans Lymph Node Ratio - methods Lymph Nodes - pathology Lymph Nodes - surgery Lymphatic Metastasis - pathology Prognosis Retrospective Studies
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