The tumor-log odds of positive lymph nodes-metastasis staging system, a promising new staging system for gastric cancer after D2 resection in China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Qiu, Miao zhen ^a   Qiu, Hui juan ^a   Wang, Zhi qiang ^a   Ren, Chao ^a   Wang, De shen ^a   Zhang, Dong sheng ^a   Luo, Hui yan ^a   Li, Yu hong ^a   Xu, Rui hua ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR LOG ODDS OF POSITIVE LYMPH NODES METASTASIS STAGING SYSTEM; TUMOR NODES METASTASIS STAGING SYSTEM; TUMOR RATIO METASTASIS STAGING SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; STOMACH TUMOR;

CHINA; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84863165537     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031736     Document Type: Article

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