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Table 4 Tumor characteristics and follow up of patients which were histopathology LN negative and underwent LN upstaging by OSNA

From: One Step Nucleic Acid Amplification (OSNA) - a new method for lymph node staging in colorectal carcinomas

 

Histopathology

OSNA

Follow up

Tumor

T

N

M

N

DMS

dead/alive

Rectum

2

0

0

1

none

alive

Rectum

3

0

0

1

Liver

alive

Sigmoid colon

3

0

0

1

none

alive

  1. Mean follow up 72 month (range 52-88 month). DMS: distant meachronous metastases.