Open AccessImmunohistochemically Demonstrated Lymph Node Micrometastasis and Prognosis in Patients With Gallbladder Carcinoma
Author(s) -
Eiji Sasaki,
Masato Nagino,
Tomoki Ebata,
Koji Oda,
Toshiyuki Arai,
Hisahide Nishio,
Yuji Nimura
Publication year - 2006
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 - 10.1097/01.sla.0000217675.22495.6f
Subject(s) - micrometastasis , medicine , lymph node , carcinoma , gallbladder , lymph , pathology , paraaortic lymph nodes , oncology , metastasis , gastroenterology , cancer
To investigate whether immunohistochemically demonstrated lymph node micrometastasis has a survival impact in patients with advanced gallbladder carcinoma (pT2-4 tumors).