Open AccessLymph Node Staging in Gastric Cancer: Is Location More Important Than Number?
Author(s) -
Martin S. Karpeh,
Larry Leon,
David S. Klimstra,
Murray F. Brennan
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-200009000-00008
Subject(s) - medicine , lymph , lymph node , cancer staging , cancer , stage (stratigraphy) , survival analysis , survival rate , oncology , surgery , pathology , paleontology , biology
To compare the impact of staging systems on the survival of 1,038 patients with gastric cancer undergoing resection for cure in a North American center.