Lymph node ratio is inferior to pN-stage in predicting outcome in colon cancer patients with high nu...
Lymph node ratio is inferior to pN-stage in predicting outcome in colon cancer patients with high numbers of analyzed lymph nodes
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England: BioMed Central Ltd
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The lymph node ratio (LNR), i.e. the number of positive lymph nodes (LN) divided by the total number of analyzed LN, has been described as a strong outcome predictor in node-positive colon cancer patients. However, most published analyses are constrained by relatively low numbers of analyzed LN. Therefore, the objective of the present study was to...
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Lymph node ratio is inferior to pN-stage in predicting outcome in colon cancer patients with high numbers of analyzed lymph nodes
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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_6bfb39177b554b6fa75f03782125c104
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1471-2482
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1471-2482
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10.1186/s12893-018-0417-0
