Open AccessThe total number of lymph nodes harvested from pathological T3N0 rectal cancer patients
Author(s) -
Weiwei Xiao,
Lu Ning Zhang,
Kai You,
Rong Huang,
Xin Yu,
Hui Chang,
Pei-Rong Ding,
Yuanhong Gao
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.235343
Subject(s) - lymph , medicine , colorectal cancer , lymph node , total mesorectal excision , pathological , hazard ratio , cancer , oncology , urology , pathology , confidence interval
Lymph node status is important in staging colorectal cancer. The use of combination treatment for pathological T3N0 (pT3N0) rectal cancer patients has been controversial. We aimed to explore the prognostic significance of the total number of lymph nodes harvested from pT3N0 rectal cancer patients.