Open AccessCritical prognostic value of the log odds of negative lymph nodes/tumor size in rectal cancer patients
Author(s) -
Jinlu Xie,
Yueshan Pang,
Xun Li,
Xiaoting Wu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i15.3531
Subject(s) - medicine , lymph , colorectal cancer , odds ratio , odds , value (mathematics) , oncology , cancer , radiology , logistic regression , pathology , statistics , mathematics
The number of negative lymph nodes (NLNs) and tumor size are associated with prognosis in rectal cancer patients undergoing surgical resection. However, little is known about the prognostic significance of the NLN count after adjusting for tumor size.