Management of early gastric cancer that meet the indication for radical lymph node dissection following endoscopic resection: a retrospective cohort analysis

Management of early gastric cancer that meet the indication for radical lymph node dissection following endoscopic resection: a retrospective cohort analysis

Abstract Background Endoscopic resection (ER) has been widely accepted as the standard treatment for early gastric cancer (EGC). However, in patients considered to have undergone non-curative ER due to their potential risk of lymph node metastasis (LNM), additional gastrectomy is recommended. The ai...

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Main Authors: Satoru Kikuchi, Shinji Kuroda, Masahiko Nishizaki, Tetsuya Kagawa, Hiromitsu Kanzaki, Yoshiro Kawahara, Shunsuke Kagawa, Takehiro Tanaka, Hiroyuki Okada, Toshiyoshi Fujiwara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:BMC Surgery
Subjects:
Early gastric cancer
Endoscopic resection
Lymph node metastasis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12893-017-0268-0

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