Prognostic impact of positive lymph node ratio in gastric carcinoma

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 95-101

  Celen, Orhan ^a,b   Yildirim, Emin ^a   Berberoglu, Uǧur ^a  

^a ANKARA ONCOLOGY EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Angora Evleri   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Lymph node metastasis; Metastatic lymph node ratio; Prognosis; Staging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH CARCINOMA; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 34547941227     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.20797     Document Type: Article

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