Colon cancer survival differs from right side to left side and lymph node harvest number matter

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Authors

Lucìa Mangone · Azienda Sanitaria Unità Locale di Reggio Emilia

Carmine Pinto · Azienda Sanitaria Unità Locale di Reggio Emilia

Pamela Mancuso · Azienda Sanitaria Unità Locale di Reggio Emilia

Marta Ottone · Azienda Sanitaria Unità Locale di Reggio Emilia

Isabella Bisceglia · Azienda Sanitaria Unità Locale di Reggio Emilia

Giorgio Chiaranda · Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale Piacenza

Abstract

This study confirms that right CRC has worse survival; the association is not due to screening status. An adequate removal of lymph nodes is associated with better survival, although the direction of the association in terms of causal links is not clear.

Topics & Keywords

Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Genetic factors in colorectal cancer

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: BMC Public Health

Volume 21, Issue 1, pp. 906-906

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-10746-4

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