Number of lymph node metastases and its prognostic significance in early gastric cancer: A multicenter Italian study

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 275-280

  Roviello, Franco ^a   Rossi, Simone ^a   Marrelli, Daniele ^a   Pedrazzani, Corrado ^a   Corso, Giovanni ^a   Vindigni, Carla ^a   Morgagni, Paolo ^b   Saragoni, Luca ^c   De Manzoni, Giovanni ^d   Tomezzoli, Anna ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b MORGAGNI PIERANTONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Ospedale Pierantoni   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Early gastric cancer; Lymph node dissection; Lymph node metastases; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY CANCER; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; ITALY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; ITALY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33748316460     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.20566     Document Type: Article

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