Lymph node examination among patients with gastric cancer: variation between departments of pathology and prognostic impact of lymph node ratio

V.E.P.P. Lemmens (1, 2) , A.E. Dassen (3) , A.A.M. van Der Wurff (4) , J.W.W. Coebergh (1, 2) , K. Bosscha (3)

1 Department of Research
2 Department of Public Health
3 Department of Surgery
4 Department of Pathology

At least 15 lymph nodes should be retrieved for proper TNM-staging in gastric cancer. We evaluated nodal harvest and examined its relation to stage distribution and survival at a population-based level, including the value of N-ratio (metastatic/evaluated) as a staging modality.

Mots clés: gastric cancer; lymph nodes; pathology; surgery; survival

V.E.P.P. Lemmens, A.E. Dassen, A.A.M. van Der Wurff, J.W.W. Coebergh, K. Bosscha. Lymph node examination among patients with gastric cancer: variation between departments of pathology and prognostic impact of lymph node ratio. EJSO - European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2011, 37 (6), pp.488. ⟨10.1016/j.ejso.2011.03.005⟩. ⟨hal-00696629⟩