Lymph node ratio(LNR)has emerged as a promising predictor for survival outcome after surgery in different tumor types(1,2).The concept of evaluating LNR as a prognostic factor also after pancreatic surgery has been de...Lymph node ratio(LNR)has emerged as a promising predictor for survival outcome after surgery in different tumor types(1,2).The concept of evaluating LNR as a prognostic factor also after pancreatic surgery has been described in several publications(3,4).Most of the previous reports on LNR in this setting are single-center studies with rather small cohorts and/or mixed histological tumor types,possibly limiting the generalizability of the results.Even if the role of LNR in pancreatic cancer has been acknowledged,it is still regarded as having mostly academical implications when comparing results from different studies and is probably rarely being used as a tool in clinical decision-making world-wide.展开更多
文摘Lymph node ratio(LNR)has emerged as a promising predictor for survival outcome after surgery in different tumor types(1,2).The concept of evaluating LNR as a prognostic factor also after pancreatic surgery has been described in several publications(3,4).Most of the previous reports on LNR in this setting are single-center studies with rather small cohorts and/or mixed histological tumor types,possibly limiting the generalizability of the results.Even if the role of LNR in pancreatic cancer has been acknowledged,it is still regarded as having mostly academical implications when comparing results from different studies and is probably rarely being used as a tool in clinical decision-making world-wide.
