Prognostic significance of metastatic lymph node ratio in gastric cancer: a Western-center analysis

Abstract Background Tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) staging is the central gastric cancer (GC) staging system, but it has some disadvantages. However, the lymph node ratio (LNR) can be used regardless of the type of lymphadenectomy and is considered an important prognostic factor. This study aimed to ev...

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Main Authors: Muhammer Ergenç, Tevfik Kıvılcım Uprak, Muhammed İkbal Akın, Ece Elif Hekimoğlu, Çiğdem Ataizi Çelikel, Cumhur Yeğen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-08-01
Series:BMC Surgery
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12893-023-02127-y