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Metastatic lymph node ratio demonstrates better prognostic stratification than pN staging in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma after esophagectomy

This study aimed to evaluate the prognostic significance of lymph node ratio (LNR) by establishing a hypothetical tumor-ratio-metastasis (TRM) staging system in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). The records of 387 ESCC patients receiving curative esophagectomy were retrospecti...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Hongdian, Liang, Huagang, Gao, Yongyin, Shang, Xiaobin, Gong, Lei, Ma, Zhao, Sun, Ke, Tang, Peng, Yu, Zhentao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5150247/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27941828
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep38804