Can the tumor deposits be counted as metastatic lymph nodes in the UICC TNM staging system for colorectal cancer?

1A , upstaging occurred in 88 of 151 patients (58%) with TDs, and these patients staged by pN category showed a trend of migrating to a higher classification in nTNM staging system.There were significant prognostic differences among patients in the pN1a, pN1b, pN2a, and pN2b subcategories with regard to the pN category ( Fig. 1B , P<0.001).

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