Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: A total of 873 advanced proximal gastric cancer patients who underwent curative gastrectomy with or without splenectomy or pancreaticosplenectomy were analyzed retrospectively. The clinicopathological characteristics of 152 patients who underwent splenectomy or pancreaticosplenectomy were analyzed to determine the risk factors for No.10 and No.11 lymph node metastases. The survival difference between patients with No.10 and No.11 lymph node dissections and those who did not undergo these dissections were compared. RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Peng Ding, Ziming Gao, Chen Zheng, Junqing Chen, Kai Li, Shan Gao |
Journal | BMC cancer
(BMC Cancer)
Vol. 19
Issue 1
Pg. 905
(Sep 11 2019)
ISSN: 1471-2407 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 31510966
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Female
- Gastrectomy
(methods)
- Humans
- Lymph Node Excision
- Lymph Nodes
(pathology)
- Lymphatic Metastasis
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Grading
- Neoplasm Staging
- Prognosis
- Retrospective Studies
- Spleen
- Splenic Artery
- Stomach Neoplasms
(mortality, pathology, surgery)
- Survival Analysis
- Tumor Burden
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