https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/368754
標題: | Evaluation of lymph nodes in patients with colon cancer undergoing colon resection: A population-based study | 作者: | KUO-PIAO CHUNG | 公開日期: | 2012 | 卷: | 36 | 期: | 8 | 起(迄)頁: | 1906-1914 | 來源出版物: | World Journal of Surgery | 摘要: | Though lymph node status may predict longterm outcome of patients with non-metastatic colon cancer, discordant findings exist among various expressions of lymph node status. The present study was designed to assess the prognostic value among these lymph node evaluations. Methods: The analysis was based on surgical patients with newly diagnosed colon adenocarcinoma registered in the Taiwan Cancer Database from 2003 to 2005. Exclusion criteria included those patients who had stage IV disease, those whose survival period was <1 month, or those whose lymph node information was unavailable. Studied variables included total number of lymph nodes (LNT), number of positive lymph nodes (LNP), number of negative lymph nodes (LNN), ratio of positive lymph nodes (LNR), and log odds of positive lymph nodes (LODDS). Results: Of 16,790 newly diagnosed colon cancer patients, there were 9,644 (65.4 ± 13.5 years; male 54.9 %) patients with non-metastatic disease who met the criteria. Correlation analyses for patientswith stage III disease showed that LNR and LODDS were highly correlated, as were LNT and LNN. By the Cox proportional hazard model, LNT was prognostic of longterm survival in patients with stage II disease, while LNR and LNP were the most powerful prognosticators for patients with stage III disease (p<0.001). Both the receiver operating characteristics curve analysis and area under the curve indicated that LNR had the best discriminating capability to predict 5-year survival (0.704, 0.700, and 0.709 for overall, disease-free, and disease-specific survival, respectively), followed by LODDS. Conclusions: For patients undergoing resection for colon cancer, LNR, LODDS, and LNP are better prognostic factors for those with stage III disease than LNT is for patients with stage III disease. ? Soci?t? Internationale de Chirurgie 2012. |
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DOI: | 10.1007/s00268-012-1568-2 | SDG/關鍵字: | adenocarcinoma; aged; article; cancer staging; colon tumor; female; human; lymph node metastasis; male; middle aged; pathology; predictive value; prognosis; proportional hazards model; receiver operating characteristic; survival rate; Taiwan; Adenocarcinoma; Aged; Colonic Neoplasms; Female; Humans; Lymphatic Metastasis; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Staging; Predictive Value of Tests; Prognosis; Proportional Hazards Models; ROC Curve; Survival Rate; Taiwan |
顯示於: | 流行病學與預防醫學研究所 |
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