Prognostic impact of lymph node skip metastasis in Stage III colorectal cancer

Aim The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic impact of lymph node skip metastasis ( LNSM ) in patients with Stage III colorectal cancer. Method Between April 2003 and December 2014, a total of 41 patients with lymph node skip metastasis (skip+) were compared with 86 patients with pericolic lymph node metastases [lymph node distribution ( LND )1] and 57 patients with intermediate and/or main lymph node metastasis ( LND 2+3). All...