Colon Cancer

Studies from Whiston Hospital in the Area of Colon Cancer Published

Published in Cancer Weekly, January 25th, 2011

2011 JAN 25 -- "Our aim was to determine if the lymph node ratio would predict overall survival and disease-free survival in Dukes C colorectal cancer in a district general hospital setting in the UK. Fifty-six patients were analysed from a prospectively maintained colorectal cancer database," scientists writing in the journal Colorectal Disease report.

"The lymph node ratio was defined as the number of positive lymph nodes divided by the total number of nodes harvested. Comparison was made between the lymph node ratio, TNM nodal status and number of positive lymph nodes by the Kaplan-Meier method. An analysis of covariates was performed by a Cox...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2011-01-25)

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