Ratio between negative and positive lymph nodes is suitable for evaluation the prognosis of gastric cancer patients with positive node metastasis.

OBJECTIVE: To date, there is no consensus to evaluate the most appropriate category of the nodal metastasis for precise predication the prognosis of gastric cancer patients with positive node metastasis after curative surgery. METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed the clinicopathologic characteristic...

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Main Authors: Jingyu Deng, Dan Sun, Yuan Pan, Li Zhang, Rupeng Zhang, Dianchang Wang, Xishan Hao, Han Liang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3432045?pdf=render