Open AccessThe Ratio Between Metastatic and Examined Lymph Nodes (N Ratio) Is an Independent Prognostic Factor in Gastric Cancer Regardless of the Type of Lymphadenectomy
Author(s) -
Alberto Marchet,
Simone Mocellin,
Alessandro Ambrosi,
Paolo Morgagni,
Domenico Garcea,
Daniele Marrelli,
Franco Roviello,
Giovanni De Manzoni,
Annamaria Minicozzi,
G Natalini,
Francesco De Santis,
Gian Luca Baiocchi,
Arianna Coniglio,
Donato Nitti
Publication year - 2007
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.0000250423.43436.e1
Subject(s) - medicine , lymph , lymphadenectomy , gastroenterology , lymph node , cancer , odds ratio , confidence interval , multivariate analysis , carcinoma , pathology
To investigate whether the ratio between metastatic and examined lymph nodes (N ratio) is a better prognostic factor as compared with traditional staging systems in patients with gastric cancer regardless of the extension of lymph node dissection.