A prognostic model based on lymph node metastatic ratio for predicting survival outcome in gastric cancer patients with N3b subclassification

Summary: Background: Determining the survival outcome for gastric cancer patients with metastases to more than 15 regional lymph nodes is difficult. This study aims to develop a lymph node metastatic ratio (LNR)-based prognostic model to predict the survival outcome after D2 surgery in such patient...

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Main Authors: Yu-Shin Hung, Shin-Chun Chang, Keng-Hao Liu, Chia-Yen Hung, Yung-Chia Kuo, Chun-Yi Tsai, Jun-Te Hsu, Ta-Sen Yeh, Jen-Shi Chen, Wen-Chi Chou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-01-01
Series:Asian Journal of Surgery
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1015958417304931