Open AccessExternal Validation of a Nomogram Developed for Predicting Overall Survival in Gastric Cancer Patients with Insufficient Number of Examined Lymph Nodes
Author(s) -
Mehmet Kubat
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
şişli etfal hastanesi tıp bülteni
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1308-5123
pISSN - 1302-7123
DOI - 10.14744/semb.2021.47587
Subject(s) - nomogram , medicine , cancer , ajcc staging system , lymph node , cohort , oncology , receiver operating characteristic , surgery , staging system
Nomograms and scoring systems in gastric cancers have been mainly developed based on adequate lymph node (lN) dissections. This study aimed to perform external validation of a nomogram developed for predicting overall survival (OS) in gastric cancer patients with insufficient number of examined LNs (eLNs) and to evaluate its usability as compared with the 8 th American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC)'s Tumor-Node-Metastasis staging system.