A multicentric Western analysis of prognostic factors in advanced, node-negative gastric cancer patients

• Published in: Annals of surgery Vol. 252; no. 1; p. 70
• Main Authors: Baiocchi, Gian Luca, Tiberio, Guido A, Minicozzi, Anna Maria, Morgagni, Paolo, Marrelli, Daniele, Bruno, Lorenzo, Rosa, Fausto, Marchet, Alberto, Coniglio, Arianna, Saragoni, Luca, Veltri, Marco, Pacelli, Fabio, Roviello, Franco, Nitti, Donato, Giulini, Stefano M, De Manzoni, Giovanni
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.07.2010
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Disease-Free Survival; Female; Gastrectomy; Humans; Italy - epidemiology; Lymph Node Excision; Lymph Nodes - pathology; Lymphatic Metastasis - pathology; Male; Middle Aged; Prognosis; Retrospective Studies; Stomach Neoplasms - mortality; Stomach Neoplasms - pathology; Italy

The presence of lymph node metastasis is one of the most important prognostic factors in patients with gastric carcinoma. Node-negative patients have a better outcome, nevertheless a subgroup of them experience disease recurrence. To analyze the clinicopathological characteristics of lymph node-nega...