Value of the log odds of positive lymph nodes for prognostic assessment of colon mucinous adenocarcinoma: Analysis and external validation

To evaluate the impact of the log odds of positive lymph nodes (LODDS) on cancer-specific survival (CSS) in colon mucinous adenocarcinoma (MAC) patients, compared with pN stage and the lymph nodes ratio (LNR).A total of 10,182 colon MAC patients from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database were divided into the training group. The external validation group included 153 patients from Fujian Medical University Union Hospital. The...