The optimal number of examined lymph nodes for cancer specific death of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: a population-based study
Increasing ELN count indicated better CSS. Our results strongly suggested 6 ELNs as the optimal cut-off number for assessing the standard of lymph node inspection and prognostic classification in ICC.
Authors
- You Tang
- Zhiguo Tan
- Li Ou
- Xu Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2408-9340)
- Yufan Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8385-433X)
- Chuang Peng
- Chenzhang Ou
Institutions
- Hunan Normal University (CN)
- Hunan Provincial People's Hospital (CN)
- Lanzhou University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Discover Oncology
- Published
- 2025-04-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12672-025-02322-8
- Primary Topic
- Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province