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ArticleScientific reports2019

Tumor sidedness influences prognostic impact of lymph node metastasis in colon cancer patients undergoing curative surgery.

Hsin-Wu Lai, James Cheng-Chung Wei, Hung-Chang Hung, Chun-Che Lin

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 authors.

Hsin-Wu LaiInstitute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
James Cheng-Chung WeiInstitute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Hung-Chang HungInstitute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Chun-Che LinSchool of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan. forest65.edu@gmail.com.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate prognostic impacts of the number of lymph nodes (LNs) examined and LN ratio on cancer-specific mortality after surgery in patients with right-sided colon cancer (RCC) or left-sided colon cancer (LCC) using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database. Number of LNs examined and LN ratio were treated as categorical and/or continuous. Competing risks proportional hazards regressions adjusted by propensity score were performed. All included patients had stage I, II, or III disease, and 45.1% of them had RCC. RCC and LCC patients with high level of LNs examined had better prognosis after segmental resection or hemicolectomy. RCC and LCC patients with higher LN ratio had worse prognosis regardless of surgery. Survival benefit of having high level of LNs examined was observed in RCC patients with stage I, II, or III disease, but only in LCC patients with stage II disease. Both higher LN ratio and high level of LN were negative prognostic factors for cancer-specific mortality in stage III patients regardless of tumor sidedness. In conclusion, RCC patients in various conditions had worse or comparable prognosis compared to their LCC counterparts, which reflected the severity of LN metastasis.

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Colonic NeoplasmsDatabases, FactualAgedAged, 80 and overDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleHumansLymphatic MetastasisLymph NodesMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingRetrospective StudiesSurvival Rate

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PMCPMC6934859

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