A homogenized approach to classify advanced gastric cancer patients with limited and adequate number of pathologically examined lymph nodes

A homogenized approach to classify advanced gastric cancer patients with limited and adequate number of pathologically examined lymph nodes

Abstract Background The prognosis of gastric cancer patients with a limited number of pathologically examined lymph nodes (eLN, < 16) is dismal compared to those with adequately eLN (≥ 16), yet they are still classified within the same subgroups using the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC)...

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Main Authors: Sharvesh Raj Seeruttun, Lipu Xu, Fangwei Wang, Xiaodong Yi, Cheng Fang, Zhimin Liu, Wei Wang, Zhiwei Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-06-01
Series:Cancer Communications
Subjects:
Advanced gastric cancer
Limited lymph nodes
Adequate lymph nodes
R0 gastrectomy
AJCC
Eighth edition
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40880-019-0370-z

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