Higher Risk of Lymph Node Metastasis in Young Patients with Early Gastric Cancer

Conclusions: Age is an independent predictor for LNM in EGC. Moreover, LNM is more common in young patients with EGC than in other age groups, which indicates that limited lymph node dissection may not be appropriate for young patients with EGC.

Source: Journal of Cancer - December 14, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Zu-Kai Wang, Jian-Xian Lin, Ping Li, Jian-Wei Xie, Jia-Bin Wang, Jun Lu, Qi-Yue Chen, Long-Long Cao, Mi Lin, Ru-Hong Tu, Chang-Ming Huang, Chao-Hui Zheng Tags: Research Paper Source Type: research