1. How does lymph node yield affect survival outcomes of stage I and II colon cancer?
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Chi Chung Foo, Clement Ku, Rockson Wei, Jeremy Yip, Julian Tsang, Toi Yin Chan, Oswens Lo, and Wai Lun Law
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Lymph node ,Colon cancer ,Survival ,Surgery ,RD1-811 ,Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens ,RC254-282 - Abstract
Abstract Background According to the American Joint Committee on Cancer staging for cancer of the colon, a minimum of 12 lymph nodes (LN) has to be sampled for accurate staging. This has bearing on the long-term prognosis and the need for adjuvant chemotherapy. The aim of this study was to revisit the association of lymph node yield and the long-term survival in patients with stages I and II, i.e. node-negative, colon cancer. Method Consecutive patients who underwent elective or emergency curative resections for cancer of colon between the years 2003 and 2012 were retrospectively reviewed. Only patients with stage I or II diseases (AJCC 8th edition) were included. They were analysed in three groups, LN
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- 2020
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