Clinicopathological variables associated with lymph node metastasis and prognostic factors in pT2 gastric cancer

Journal of International Medical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 359-366

  Wang, A ^a   Guo, P ^a   Sun, Z ^a   Xu, Huimian ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese patients; Gastric cancer; Metastatic lymph node ratio; P12 category; Prognostic factors; Survival; Tumour diameter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH CANCER; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH TUMOR; SURVIVAL;

DEMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 66649088989     PISSN: 03000605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147323000903700210     Document Type: Article

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