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Determinants of lymph node count and positivity in patients undergoing surgery for colon cancer

Prognosis in colon cancer is based on pathological criteria including TNM staging. However, there are deficiencies in this approach, and the lymph node ratio (LNR) has been proposed to improve the prediction of outcomes. LNR is dependent on optimal retrieval of lymph nodes—lymph node count (LNC). Re...

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Autores principales: Dolan, Ross D., McSorley, Stephen T., Horgan, Paul G., McMillan, Donald C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895435/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29595652
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000010185