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Prognostic Significance of Lymph Node Ratio in Stage III Rectal Cancer

PURPOSE: Although nodal metastasis is the most powerful prognostic factor in rectal cancer, marked heterogeneity exists within stage III rectal cancer. Recent studies of rectal cancer have shown a prognostic superiority of the lymph node ratio (LNR) compared with N stage. The purpose of this study w...

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Autores principales: Shin, Jin Yong, Hong, Kwan Hee
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Coloproctology 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3218130/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22102976
http://dx.doi.org/10.3393/jksc.2011.27.5.252