Prognostic usefulness of lymph node ratio in understaged gastric cancer

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 56, Issue 94-95, 2009, Pages 1557-1561

  Santiago, Joaquin Rodriguez ^a   Osorio, Javier ^a   Gutierrez, Israel ^a   Perez, Noelia ^a   Muñoz, Emilio ^a   Veloso, Enrique ^a   Marco, Constancio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL MÚTUA DE TERRASSA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Lymph node ratio; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 71949130284     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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