The aim of this study was to establish and validate the predictive and prognostic ability of the lymph node ratios and natural logarithms of the lymph node odds staging systems and to compare them to the pN nodal classification of the TNM system in a population sample of patients with colon cancer. | The lymph node status as a prognostic factor in colon cancer Comparative population study of classifications using the logarithm of the ratio between metastatic and nonmetastatic nodes LODDS versus the pN-TNM classification and ganglion ratio systems