Open AccessThe clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis of patients with node-positive gastric cancer after curative surgery
Author(s) -
Chih Yean Lum,
Kuo Chin Huang,
Ming-Huang Chen,
Wen Liang Fang,
Yee Chao,
Su Shun Lo,
Anna Fen Yau Li,
Chew Wun Wu,
Yi Ming Shyr
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of the chinese medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.535
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1728-7731
pISSN - 1726-4901
DOI - 10.1097/jcma.0000000000000341
Subject(s) - medicine , stage (stratigraphy) , chemotherapy , adjuvant , multivariate analysis , adjuvant chemotherapy , lymph node , cancer , gastroenterology , adjuvant therapy , metastasis , oncology , distant metastasis , breast cancer , paleontology , biology
Lymph node (LN) metastasis is one of the independent prognostic factors of gastric cancer (GC). The difference in survival rates and initial recurrence patterns in patients with node-positive GC with retrieved LN numbers greater than or less than 16 is worthy of further study.