The size of retrieved lymph nodes correlates with the number of retrieved lymph nodes and is an independent prognostic factor in patients with stage II colon cancer

PURPOSE: In stage II colon cancer, patients with many retrieved lymph nodes (LNs) have been reported to have better oncological outcomes. We tested the hypothesis that the greater number of retrieved LNs is related to a larger LN size. METHODS: The subjects comprised 320 patients with stage II colon...

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Autores principales: Okada, Kazutake, Sadahiro, Sotaro, Suzuki, Toshiyuki, Tanaka, Akira, Saito, Gota, Masuda, Shinobu, Haruki, Yasuo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4675793/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26260481
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00384-015-2357-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4675793/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26260481
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00384-015-2357-9

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