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World J Gastrointest Surg. Nov 27, 2023; 15(11): 2430-2444
Published online Nov 27, 2023. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v15.i11.2430
Advantage of log odds of positive lymph nodes in prognostic evaluation of patients with early-onset colon cancer
Heng-Bo Xia, Chen Chen, Zhi-Xing Jia, Liang Li, A-Man Xu
Heng-Bo Xia, Chen Chen, A-Man Xu, Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, Anhui Province, China
Heng-Bo Xia, Chen Chen, A-Man Xu, Department of General Surgery, Anhui Public Health Clinical Center, Hefei 230032, Anhui Province, China
Zhi-Xing Jia, Liang Li, Department of Surgery, The Second People’s Hospital of Hefei, Hefei 230011, Anhui Province, China
Co-first authors: Heng-Bo Xia and Chen Chen.
Co-corresponding authors: Liang Li and A-Man Xu.
Author contributions: Xia HB, Chen C, and Jia ZX wrote the manuscript and revised the main work, and they contributed equally to this work; Li L and Xu AM designed this study, and they are all the correspondence and contributed equally to this work; Xu AM provided the idea for the article and Li L provided guidance in writing and revising; and all authors contributed to the article and approved the submitted version.
Institutional review board statement: This study was approved by the ethics committee of the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University.
Informed consent statement: All the subjects involved have been informed of the purpose and significance of this study, signed the informed consent. This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
Data sharing statement: The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
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Corresponding author: A-Man Xu, MD, Doctor, Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Jixi Road, Hefei 230032, Anhui Province, China. xuaman@ahmu.edu.cn
Received: July 7, 2023
Peer-review started: July 7, 2023
First decision: September 18, 2023
Revised: September 28, 2023
Accepted: November 2, 2023
Article in press: November 2, 2023
Published online: November 27, 2023
Core Tip

Core Tip: Few studies have focused on early-onset colon cancer (ECC) patients with lymph node metastasis. This study compared the prognostic value of four lymph node staging indexes. It is shown that log odds of positive lymph nodes (LODDS) is superior to N-stage, positive lymph nodes, and lymph node ratio of ECC. Subsequently, the nomogram containing LODDS was established and provides an appropriate prediction of ECC, which may be helpful in tumor evaluation and clinical decision-making.