TY - JOUR T1 - Prognostic value of the lymph node ratio in node positive colon cancer JF - Gut JO - Gut SP - 1681 LP - 1681 DO - 10.1136/gut.2006.104117 VL - 55 IS - 11 AU - M De Ridder AU - V Vinh-Hung AU - Y Van Nieuwenhove AU - A Hoorens AU - A Sermeus AU - G Storme Y1 - 2006/11/01 UR - http://gut.bmj.com/content/55/11/1681.1.abstract N2 - Surgery is the primary treatment of non-metastatic colon cancer. En bloc removal of the colon with its associated mesenteric lymph nodes is essential. However, the number of lymph nodes reported with colectomy varies widely and may be a result of variation in the actual number of regional lymph nodes, surgical technique, or the thoroughness of the pathologist in finding lymph nodes. The number of lymph node metastases is an important negative prognostic factor and is used in stratification schemes for clinical trials.1Recent studies have emphasised the fact that examining a greater number of nodes increases the likelihood of correct staging and is associated with better survival, after controlling … ER -