Risk Factors of Lymph Node Metastasis and Its Prognostic Significance in Early Gastric Cancer: A Multicenter Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early gastric cancer (EGC) is invasive gastric cancer that invades no deeper than the submucosa, regardless of lymph node metastasis (LNM). It is mainly treated by surgery. Recently, the resection range of EGC has been minimized, but cancer recurrence and overall survival in some patients should be given high status. LNM is an important indicator of prognosis and treatment in gastric cancer. The law of the number and location of metastatic lymph nodes in EGC is not yet clear. Therefore, we aimed to identify the risk factors of LNM in radically resected EGC and guide treatment.

Methods

The clinicopathological factors of 611 patients with EGC were retrospectively analyzed in six hospitals between January 2010 and December 2016. The relationship between clinicopathol

SUBMITTER: Wang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8548692 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature