Table 4.

Histopathological findings of the lymph nodes

	CROSS n = 53	EOX n = 51	p value
Lymph node counts a
Total LNs (range)	22 (5-38)	29 (1–58)	0.020
Metastatic LNs (range)	3 (0-14)	3 (0-28)	0.707
Not affected LNsb	16 (30.1%)	25 (49.0%)	0.269

^aData are mean ± standard deviation

^bnumber of patients without affected lymph nodes