机构：[1]Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China四川大学华西医院[2]Department of Orthopedics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China四川大学华西医院[3]Institute of Digestive Surgery and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China四川大学华西医院[4]Department of Oncology, Department of Clinical and Experiment Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
The lymph node ratio (LNR) (i.e. the number of metastatic lymph nodes divided by the number of totally resected lymph nodes) has recently emerged as an important prognostic factor in colorectal cancer (CRC). However, the tumor node metastasis (TNM) staging system for colorectal cancer does not consider it as a prognostic parameter. Therefore, we conducted a meta-analysis to evaluate the prognostic role of the LNR in node positive CRC. A systematic search was performed in PubMed, Embase and the Cochrane Library for relevant studies up to November 2015. As a result, a total of 75,838 node positive patients in 33 studies were included in this meta-analysis. Higher LNR was significantly associated with shorter overall survival (OS) (HR = 1.91; 95% CI 1.71-2.14; P = 0.0000) and disease free survival (DFS) (HR = 2.75; 95% CI: 2.14-3.53; P = 0.0000). Subgroup analysis showed similar results. Based on these results, LNR was an independent predictor of survival in colorectal cancer patients and should be considered as a parameter in future oncologic staging systems.
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National Natural Science Fund of China (NSFC key project 81472304).
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外文
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大类|1 区医学
小类|2 区细胞生物学2 区肿瘤学
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第一作者机构：[1]Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China[2]Department of Orthopedics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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通讯机构：[1]Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China[2]Department of Orthopedics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714)：
Zhang Ming-Ran,Xie Tian-Hang,Chi Jun-Lin,et al.Prognostic role of the lymph node ratio in node positive colorectal cancer: a meta-analysis.[J].Oncotarget.2016,7(45):72898-72907.doi:10.18632/oncotarget.12131.
APA：
Zhang Ming-Ran,Xie Tian-Hang,Chi Jun-Lin,Li Yuan,Yang Lie...&Zhou Zong-Guang.(2016).Prognostic role of the lymph node ratio in node positive colorectal cancer: a meta-analysis..Oncotarget,7,(45)
MLA：
Zhang Ming-Ran,et al."Prognostic role of the lymph node ratio in node positive colorectal cancer: a meta-analysis.".Oncotarget 7..45(2016):72898-72907
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