title: [A theoretical model for assessing the relationship between "stage migration" and survival of gastric cancer patients after variable lymph node dissection].
abstract: Standard histological procedures identify metastatic gastric cancer in approximately 15% of cases of macroscopically unaltered lymph nodes. Such metastases evade detection after surgery due to inadequate lymph node dissection, thus increasing staging error. Consequently, about 15% of patients suffer from tumor which is actually more advanced than one diagnosed originally.
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Nered
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Klimenkov
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016019:Survival Analysis