Prognostic Impact of Extended Lymph Node Dissection versus Limited Lymph Node Dissection on pN0 Proximal Advanced Gastric Cancer: a Propensity Score Matching Analysis.

Conclusions: Splenic hilar LND with or without splenectomy may not have an oncological benefit for patients with pathological AGC with no LN metastasis. PMID: 31245166 [PubMed]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31245166?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Gastric Cancer - June 29, 2019 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: J Gastric Cancer Source Type: research