The value of metastatic lymph nodes ratio in predicting the prognosis of patients with T3 gastric carcinoma

National Medical Journal of China

Volumn 85, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 922-925

  Yu, Jun Xiu ^a   Wu, Yu Lian ^a   Yang, Li Tao ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Lymph nodes; Lymphatic metastasis; Neoplasm staging; Stomach neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 23044505299     PISSN: 03762491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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