Open AccessHow many lymph nodes are enough?—defining the extent of lymph node dissection in stage I–III gastric cancer using the National Cancer Database
Author(s) -
K. Sura,
Hong Ye,
Charles C. Vu,
John M. Robertson,
Peyman Kabolizadeh
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.2018.09.07
Subject(s) - medicine , lymph , lymph node , dissection (medical) , cancer , stage (stratigraphy) , univariate analysis , surgery , pathology , multivariate analysis , paleontology , biology
Surgical resection with lymph node dissection is the primary therapeutic modality for gastric cancer. National Cancer Database (NCDB) was used to determine the extent of lymph nodes (LNs) dissection for gastric cancer.
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