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Table 3 Stage migration in different groups of lymph nodes examined

From: Reconsideration of the optimal minimum lymph node count for young colon cancer patients: a population-based study

AJCC Stage

< 12 nodes (N = 236)

12–21 nodes (N = 943)

≥22 nodes (N = 1181)

P

AJCC TNM Stage

I/II

112 (47.5%)

439 (46.6%)

545 (48.9%)

0.167

III

124 (52.5%)

504 (53.4%)

636 (51.1%)

AJCC N Stage

N0

112 (47.5%)

439 (46.6%)

545 (48.9%)

0.037

N1

86 (36.4%)

270 (28.6%)

326 (27.6%)

N2

38 (16.1%)

234 (24.8%)

310 (26.2%)