Which is the worse prognostic factor in patients with stage III colorectal cancer: tumor 4 or node 2?

Abstract

Purpose: In the tumor (T), node (N), metastasis (M) American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC), and Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) (8th edition) staging system, N stage is more prominent than T stage. Our study aimed to compare the lymph node status of T4 tumors in stage III colorectal cancer (CRC).