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Assessing the adequacy of lymph node yield for different tumor stages of colon cancer by nodal staging scores

BACKGROUND: According to the current official guidelines, at least 12 lymph nodes (LNs) are qualified as an adequate sampling for colon cancer patients. However, patients evaluated with less nodes were still common in the United States, and the prevalence of positive nodal disease may be under-estim...

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Autores principales: Wu, Zhenyu, Qin, Guoyou, Zhao, Naiqing, Jia, Huixun, Zheng, Xueying
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5526283/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28743236
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-017-3491-2