Lymph node ratio for postoperative staging of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma with lymph node metastasis.

BACKGROUND: Lymph node metastasis has a significant impact on laryngeal cancer prognosis. The role of lymph node ratio (LNR, ratio of metastatic to examined nodes) in the staging of laryngeal cancer was not reported. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Records of laryngeal cancer patients with lymph node involvem...

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Main Authors: Yu-Long Wang, Duan-Shu Li, Yu Wang, Zhuo-Ying Wang, Qing-Hai Ji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3903600?pdf=render