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Use of the Metastatic Lymph Node Ratio to Evaluate the Prognosis of Esophageal Cancer Patients with Node Metastasis Following Radical Esophagectomy

OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to investigate the number of metastatic lymph nodes (pN) and the metastatic lymph node ratio (MLR) on the post-surgical prognosis of Chinese patients with esophageal cancer (EC) and lymph node metastasis. METHODS: We enrolled 353 patients who received prim...

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Autores principales: He, Zhenyu, Wu, Sangang, Li, Qun, Lin, Qin, Xu, Junjie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3767826/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24039944
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0073446