Canadian journal of gastroenterology = Journal canadien de gastroenterologie
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Can. J. Gastroenterol. · Oct 2008
Multicenter StudyPrognosis of gastric cancer patients with node-negative metastasis following curative resection: outcomes of the survival and recurrence.
The purpose of the present study was to provide valuable prognostic information on lymph node-negative gastric cancer patients following curative resection. ⋯ The prognosis of lymph node-negative gastric cancer patients was better than that of lymph node-positive gastric cancer patients. Male sex, subtotal gastrectomy and nonserosal involvement should be considered to be the favourable predictors of postoperative long-term survival of lymph node-negative gastric cancer patients. Conversely, limited lymphadenectomy, few dissected nodes and serosal involvement should be considered to be risk factors of postoperative recurrence of lymph node-negative gastric cancer patients.