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Prognostic analysis of esophageal cancer in elderly patients: metastatic lymph node ratio versus 2010 AJCC classification by lymph nodes

BACKGROUND: Recent studies have proposed a new prognostic factor (metastatic lymph node ratio, or MLNR) for patients with esophageal cancer (EC). However, to the best of our knowledge, there have been no studies conducted to date regarding MLNR in elderly patients. The aim of this study was to deter...

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Autores principales: Feng, Ji-Feng, Huang, Ying, Chen, Lu, Zhao, Qiang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3729418/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23866060
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-11-162