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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 18.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg. 2010 Sep;252(3):467–476. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181f19767

Table 4. Four-year disease free survival AJCC Stage and surgical quality indicator (number of lymph nodes).

Surgical Quality Indicator
Number of Lymph Nodes
<12 ≥12
AJCC Stage (n=253) n= 4 year DFS 4 year DFS p=
Stage I 68 90.5% 97.7% 0.22
Stage II 100 67.5% 94.7% 0.0036
Stage III 85 61.0% 61.0% 0.61