ArticleCancer management and research2018
Lymph node ratio as a valuable prognostic factor for patients with colorectal liver-only metastasis undergoing curative resection.
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- Beyond N staging in colorectal cancer: Current approaches and future perspectives.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Review
- Prognostic Value of Lymph Node Ratio in Patients with Resected Synchronous Colorectal Liver Metastases and Less Than 12 Examined Lymph Nodes.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2022Article
- Pathological Features and Prognostication in Colorectal Cancer.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2021Review
- Management of indeterminate hepatic nodules and evaluation of factors predicting their malignant potential in patients with colorectal cancer.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- PRIMARY TUMOR LYMPHOVASCULAR INVASION NEGATIVELY AFFECTS SURVIVAL AFTER COLORECTAL LIVER METASTASIS RESECTION?Arquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery · 2021Article
- Lymph Node Ratio-Based Staging System for Gallbladder Cancer With Fewer Than Six Lymph Nodes Examined.Frontiers in oncology · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundRecent studies have suggested that the lymph node ratio (LNR) is a prognostic indicator for various malignancies. However, LNR has not been evaluated in colorectal liver-only metastasis (CRLM). This study aimed to investigate the prognostic value of LNR in patients with CRLM after curative resection. PATIENTS AND
methodsWe retrospectively investigated the clinicopathologic features of 154 CRLM patients who underwent curative resection between 2005 and 2015. We classified patients into low and high groups based on their LNR by using the X-tile software. Survival curves were plotted through Kaplan-Meier method and compared by log-rank test. Cox proportional hazards analysis was performed to identify the factors associated with recurrence-free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS).
resultsThe patients were divided into two groups in which 124 patients were identified as LNR ≤0.33 and 30 patients as LNR >0.33. Compared to low LNR, high LNR was significantly associated with poor 3-year RFS (47.2% vs 16.7%,
conclusionThis study demonstrated that LNR was an independent predictor for 3-year RFS and OS in patients with CRLM who underwent curative resection and that its prognostic value was superior to that of N stage and lymph node distribution.
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