Open AccessTumor volume in advanced gastric cancer as a prognostic factor correlating with lymph node involvement
Author(s) -
Dragan Radovanović,
Nebojša Mitrović,
Dejan Stevanović,
Ivan Pavlović,
Milena Vukovic,
Dejan Radojević
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
medicinski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1820-7383
pISSN - 0025-8105
DOI - 10.2298/mpns0508351r
Subject(s) - medicine , lymph node , lymph , cancer , gastric carcinoma , prospective cohort study , oncology , pathology , gastroenterology
It has been established that measurement of tumor volume, rather than its diameter, is a better indicator of the depth of tumor invasion and lymph node involvement. The present study evaluates the significance of tumor volume as a prognostic factor in gastric cancer.
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