Risk factors of lymph node metastasis or lymphovascular invasion for early gastric cancer: a practical and effective predictive model based on international multicenter data

Abstract Background Most lymph node metastasis (LNM) models for early gastric cancer (EGC) include lymphovascular invasion (LVI) as a predictor. However, LVI must be confirmed by postoperative pathology. In this study, we aimed to develop a model for predicting the risk of LNM/LVI in EGC using preop...

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Main Authors: Jian-Xian Lin, Zu-Kai Wang, Wei Wang, Jacopo Desiderio, Jian-Wei Xie, Jia-Bin Wang, Jun Lu, Qi-Yue Chen, Long-Long Cao, Mi Lin, Ru-Hong Tu, Chao-Hui Zheng, Ping Li, Amilcare Parisi, Zhi-Wei Zhou, Chang-Ming Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-019-6147-6