Lymph node micrometastases in patients with early gastric cancer: experience with 139 patients.
Ann Surg Oncol
; 8(2): 170-4, 2001 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-11258783
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Although lymph node metastases in patients with early gastric cancer (EGC) is an important prognostic factor, the prognostic relevance of lymph node micrometastases is still uncertain.METHODS:
The authors studied 1488 lymph nodes, which were histologically confirmed as pN0, dissected from 139 patients who were treated for EGC between 1976-1994. Micrometastases were defined as a single or small cluster of neoplastic cells identifiable only by immunohistochemical methods.RESULTS:
Lymph node micrometastases was observed in 24 of the 139 patients (17%). No significant correlation was observed between micrometastases and other clinicopathological characteristics. Analysis of overall survival showed no significant difference between the micrometastases positive and negative groups.CONCLUSION:
The results of our study show that the presence of lymph node micrometastases in EGC does not have an influence on patient prognosis.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Stomach Neoplasms
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Lymph Nodes
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
/
Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Ann Surg Oncol
Journal subject:
NEOPLASIAS
Year:
2001
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Italy