Abstract

Metastatic lymph-node ratio, which is defined as the ratio of positive nodes out of all of the retrieved nodes) has been demonstrated to be a prognostic factor in colon cancer, whereas its role in extraperitoneal rectal cancer after chemoradiation is debated. The aim of our study was to investigate the prognostic impact of lymph-node ratio in stage III rectal cancer after neoadjuvant treatment.

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