Prognostic value of lymph node ratio in survival of patients with locally advanced rectal cancer | Zendy

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Prognostic value of lymph node ratio in survival of patients with locally advanced rectal cancer

Author(s) -

Di Zhou,

Ming Ye,

Yongrui Bai,

Ling Ling Rong,

Yanli Hou

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

canadian journal of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.609

H-Index - 64

eISSN - 1488-2310

pISSN - 0008-428X

DOI - 10.1503/cjs.001515

Subject(s) - medicine , lymph node , proportional hazards model , colorectal cancer , receiver operating characteristic , gastroenterology , cutoff , survival analysis , cancer , pancreatic cancer , lymph , retrospective cohort study , oncology , pathology , physics , quantum mechanics

The lymph node ratio (LNR) has been shown to be an important prognostic factor in patients with gastric, breast, pancreatic and colorectal cancer. We investigated the prognostic impact of the LNR in addition to TNM classification in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer.

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