Modified radical lymphadenectomy without splenectomy in patients with proximal gastric cancer: Comparison with standard D2 lymphadenectomy for distal gastric cancer

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 500-504

  Cheong, Oh ^a   Byung, Sik Kim ^b   Jeong, Hwan Yook ^b   Sung, Tae Oh ^b   Young, Kyu Park ^a   Seong, Yeop Ryu ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Lymph node dissection; Prognosis; Splenectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED RADICAL LYMPHADENECTOMY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPLENECTOMY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE; TOTAL STOMACH RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SPLENECTOMY; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 56649102389     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21137     Document Type: Article

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