Prognostic value of total number of lymph nodes retrieved differs between left-sided colon cancer and right-sided colon cancer in stage III patients with colon cancer

BACKGROUND: The consensus is that a minimum of 12 lymph nodes should be analyzed at colectomy for colon cancer. However, right colon cancer and left colon cancer have different characteristics, and this threshold value for total number of lymph nodes retrieved may not be universally applicable. METH...

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Autores principales: Yang, Lin, Xiong, Zhenchong, Xie, Qiankun, He, Wenzhuo, Liu, Shousheng, Kong, Pengfei, Jiang, Chang, Guo, Guifang, Xia, Liangping
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5948673/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29751794
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-018-4431-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5948673/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29751794
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-018-4431-5

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