Effect of negative lymph node count on survival for gastric cancer after curative distal gastrectomy

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 481-487

  Huang, C M ^a   Lin, J X ^a   Zheng, C H ^a   Li, P ^a   Xie, J W ^a   Lin, B J ^a  

^a FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gastrectomy; Lymph nodes; Lymphadenectomy; Prognosis; Stomach neoplasms; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LINEAR MODELS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79956006183     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2011.01.012     Document Type: Article

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