Open AccessHistological evaluation for chemotherapeutic responses of metastatic lymph nodes in gastric cancer
Author(s) -
Osamu Kinoshita,
Daisuke Ichikawa,
Yusuke Ichijo,
Shuhei Komatsu,
Kazuma Okamoto,
Mitsuo Kishimoto,
Akio Yanagisawa,
Eigo Otsuji
Publication year - 2015
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.v21.i48.13500
Subject(s) - medicine , gastrectomy , lymph , cancer , lymphadenectomy , retrospective cohort study , gastroenterology , pathology
To investigate the effect of preoperative chemotherapy (pre-CTx) for metastatic lymph nodes (MLNs) of gastric cancer (GC).