Lymphovascular invasion is an important predictor of lymph node metastasis in endoscopically resected early gastric cancers

Oncology Reports

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1589-1595

  Kim, Hyunki ^a   Kim, Jie Hyun ^a   Park, Jun Chul ^a   Lee, Yong Chan ^a   Noh, Sung Hoon ^b   Kim, Hoguen ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Early gastric cancer; Endoscopic resection; Lymph node metastasis; Lymphovascular invasion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CANCER; ENDOSCOPIC MUCOSAL RESECTION; ENDOSCOPIC SUBMUCOSAL DISSECTION; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH CANCER; TOTAL STOMACH RESECTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79954559770     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.2011.1242     Document Type: Article

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