Open AccessRadical lymph node dissection and assessment: Impact on gallbladder cancer prognosis
Author(s) -
Guijie Liu,
Xuehua Li,
Yanxin Chen,
Haiqing Sun,
Guangtao Zhao,
Sanyuan Hu
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v19.i31.5150
Subject(s) - medicine , lymph node , lymph , gallbladder cancer , dissection (medical) , gallbladder , gastroenterology , surgery , pathology
To investigate the lymph node metastasis patterns of gallbladder cancer (GBC) and evaluate the optimal categorization of nodal status as a critical prognostic factor.