D2 lymphadenectomy with para-aortic sampling improves lymph node staging for gastric cancer Linfadenectomia D2 com amostragem para-aórtica melhora o estadiamento linfonodal do câncer gástrico

BACKGROUND: An important aspect dealing with gastric cancer is the role of lymphadenectomy in gastric cancer staging. AIM: To verify if lymphadenectomy with stations separation increases the number of dissected lymph nodes and establish comparison between TNM 2002 and JGCA 1998 evaluating lymph noda...

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Main Authors: Bruno José Queiroz Sarmento, Alexandre Menezes Brito, Daniela Medeiros Milhomem Cardoso, Paulo Moacir de Oliveira Campoli, Osterno Queiroz da Silva, Jales Benevides Santana-Filho, Paulo Adriano de Queiroz Barreto, Melissa G. Machado, Adalzizio Vieira A-Filho, Eliane Duarte Mota, Orlando Milhomem da Mota
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgia Digestiva 2007-09-01
Series:ABCD: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cirurgia Digestiva
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-67202007000300008