Superiority of metastatic lymph node ratio to the 7th edition UICC N staging in gastric cancer

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 17, Issue 46, 2011, Pages 5123-5130

  Xiao, Long Bin ^a   Yu, Jian Xing ^a   Wu, Wen Hui ^a   Xu, Feng Feng ^a   Yang, Shi Bin ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Metastatic lymph node ratio; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RADICAL RESECTION; STOMACH CANCER; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 83155168372     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i46.5123     Document Type: Article

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