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Sep 2026
Prognostic value of a modified lymph node ratio for combined colorectal cancer tumour deposits: a population-based study
Background Tumour deposits (TDs) without metastatic lymph nodes are classified as N1c in the 8th edition of the AJCC staging manual. However, the prognostic value of TDs and lymph node ratio (LNR) in stage III colorectal cancer (CRC) remains unclear. This study aimed to compare the prognostic significance of TD count a...
Ming-Ming Song, Fei-Hong Wu, Yi-Xin Heng et al.
· Frontiers in Oncology · 0 citations