Splenic hilar lymph node metastasis independently predicts poor survival for patients with gastric cancers in the upper and/or the middle third of the stomach

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 786-792

  Zhu, Guo Lian ^a   Sun, Zhe ^a   Wang, Zhen Ning ^a   Xu, Ying Ying ^a   Huang, Bao Jun ^a   Xu, Yan ^a   Zhu, Zhi ^a   Xu, Hui Mian ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

gastric cancer; metastasis; prognosis; splenic hilar lymph node

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC HILAR LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; STOMACH; STOMACH CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84861101848     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.22149     Document Type: Article

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