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A modified subclassification to evaluate the survival of patients with N3 gastric cancer: an international database study
BACKGROUND: The eighth TNM classification for gastric cancer categorizes N3 as N3a and N3b in the final pathologic stage. The cutoff for N3a/N3b is defined as 15 metastatic lymph nodes, but the rationale for this cutoff remains unclear. This study aimed to determine the optimal N3a/N3b cutoff and ev...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6323664/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30616588 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-018-5187-7 |