Prognostic Utility of Apical Lymph Node Metastasis in Patients With Left-sided Colorectal Cancer

Conclusion: APN positivity may thus constitute a regional rather than systemic manifestation. The TNM staging based on the number of metastatic lymph nodes seems to be more reasonable than the regional lymph node classification method.

Source: In Vivo - August 30, 2020 Category: Research Authors: WANG, L., HIRANO, Y., HENG, G., ISHII, T., KONDO, H., HARA, K., OBARA, N., ASARI, M., YAMAGUCHI, S. Tags: Clinical Studies Source Type: research