Extended lymph node dissection in gastric cancer induces substantial stage migration and increases stage-specific survival without improvement of overall survival.
Roukos
D
D
Lazaros
A
A
Kappas
A
A
Encke
A
A
D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D015996:Survival Rate