Does a minimum number of 16 retrieved nodes affect survival in curatively resected gastric cancer?

A. Biondi; D. D'Ugo; F. C M Cananzi; V. Papa; A. Borasi; F. Sicoli; M. Degiuli; G. Doglietto; R. Persiani

doi:10.1016/j.ejso.2015.03.227

Does a minimum number of 16 retrieved nodes affect survival in curatively resected gastric cancer?

A. Biondi, D. D'Ugo, F. C M Cananzi, V. Papa, A. Borasi, F. Sicoli, M. Degiuli, G. Doglietto, R. Persiani

Istituto Clinico Humanitas

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Abstract

Background According to the TNM classification, the analysis of 16 or more lymph nodes is required for the appropriate staging of gastric cancer. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether this number of resected lymph nodes also affects survival. Methods This was a multicenter retrospective study based on an analysis of 992 patients with gastric adenocarcinoma who underwent curative resection between January 1980 and December 2009. Patients were classified according to the number of resected lymph nodes (

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	779-786
Number of pages	8
Journal	European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Volume	41
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejso.2015.03.227
Publication status	Published - Jun 1 2015

Keywords

Gastric cancer
Lymph node
Prognosis
Staging

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Oncology
Surgery
Medicine(all)

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