Identification of risk factors associated with stage III disease in non-metastatic colon cancer: Results from a prospective national cohort study.

Conclusion: In this study, stage III disease in colon cancer was significantly associated with age, lymph node yield, pT-stage, tumor subsite and priority of surgery, but not right sided location, compared with stage I and II cancers. PMID: 32079050 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32079050?dopt=Abstract

Source: Annals of Coloproctology - February 22, 2020 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Ann Coloproctol Source Type: research