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Prognostic importance of lymph node ratio after resection of ampullary carcinomas
Author(s) -
Leonardo S. LinoSilva,
Miguel A. Gómez-Álvarez,
Rosa A. SalcedoHernández,
Alejandro Padilla-Rosciano,
Horacio N. López-Basave
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of gastrointestinal oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.084
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 2219-679X
pISSN - 2078-6891
DOI - 10.21037/jgo.2018.07.04
Subject(s) - medicine , perineural invasion , ampulla of vater , lymphovascular invasion , lymph node , gastroenterology , multivariate analysis , population , oncology , carcinoma , cancer , metastasis , environmental health
The prognosis of the lymph node ratio (LNR) in Vater's ampulla carcinomas (VACs) is recently studied. However, there are not enough data in several populations like Latin American people. Our aim is to demonstrate the prognosis significance of the LNR in this setting.

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