Median
no of
nodes
3 yr DFS
5 yr DFS
5 yr LR
Beresford et al
( 2005 )*
5
< 3 nodes: 26%
> 3 nodes: 58%
Habr-gama et al
( 2007 )
8
no nodes: 74%
ypN0:
59%
ypN+: 30%
Rullier et al
13
(mean)
No relationship between no of nodes and
( 2008 )*
survival at any cut-off
Govindarajan et al
( 2011 )
10
No relationship between no of nodes and
DSS at any cut-off
De Campos-Lobato
et al ( 2013 )
15
<12 nodes: 77.1%
>12 nodes: 75.2%
<12 nodes: 0%
>12 nodes: 11%
Persiani et al
( 2014 )
7
No relationship between no of nodes and survival
using any cut-off between 8 - 12
( * Node negative cases only )