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SUBMITTER: Guan X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5150780 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Guan Xu X Chen Wei W Jiang Zheng Z Liu Zheng Z Miao Dazhuang D Hu Hanqing H Zhao Zhixun Z Yang Runkun R Wang Xishan X
Scientific reports 20161212
The elderly colon cancer (CC) patients are increasing and represent a heterogeneous patient group. The objectives of this study were to identify the features of lymph node examination and to explore the optimal minimum lymph node count after CC resection for patients aged ≥80. Using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database, we identified 65719 CC patients in stage I-III between 2004 and 2012, 26.0% of patients were aged ≥80. The median node count decreased with increasing ...[more]