The most appropriate category of metastatic lymph nodes to evaluate overall survival of gastric cancer following curative resection

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 343-348

  Deng, Jing Yu ^a   Liang, Han ^a   Sun, Dan ^a   Zhan, Hong Jie ^a   Wang, Xiao Na ^a  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Metastatic lymph nodes; Multivariate analysis; Neoplasms; Stomach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 53549120635     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21119     Document Type: Article

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