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Shaurya Verma1, S Abhishek1, Anand Subash1
1Health Care Global Enterprises Ltd. Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Abstract:
The lymph node level ratio appears to be a continuation of nodal yield and nodal density, two prognostic metrics already in use. A retrospective analysis conducted in the current study showed that a value of fewer than 4 lymph nodes/level is linked to a lower overall and disease-specific survival. This letter aims to review the reasoning behind the use of node level ratios and nodal yields as quality and prognostic indicators, and to explore possible factors that could affect these.
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