Validation of the new AJCC TNM staging system for gastric cancer in a large cohort of patients (n = 2,155): Focus on the T category

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 779-785

  Marchet, A ^a   Mocellin, S ^a   Ambrosi, A ^b   Morgagni, P ^c   Vittimberga, G ^c   Roviello, F ^d   Marrelli, D ^d   De Manzoni, G ^e   Minicozzi, A ^e   Coniglio, A ^f   Tiberio, G ^f   Pacelli, F ^g   Rosa, F ^g   Nitti, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c MORGAGNI PIERANTONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^g CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Prognostic factors; Survival analysis; TNM staging system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH CARCINOMA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 80051667334     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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