Impact of multisection and immunohistochemistry in lymph node staging of Gastric Carcinoma – Case series

Abstract Gastric carcinoma (GC) locoregional recurrence may occur even in cases where the tumor has been completely resected, possibly due to lymph node (LN) micrometastases. It is estimated that in 10% to 30% of cases, LN micrometastases are not detected by a conventional method for histological as...

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Main Authors: Fernando A. V. Santos, Ana P. Drummond-Lage, Alberto J. A. Wainstein, Marco A. Dias-Filho, Paulo R. Savassi-Rocha, Tulio P. Navarro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-59000-8