Standardizing the classification of gastric cancer patients with limited and adequate number of retrieved lymph nodes: an externally validated approach using real-world data

ConclusionThe proposed nodal staging strategy was successfully validated in large multi-ethnic GC datasets and represents a practical approach for homogenizing the classification of GC cohorts comprising of patients with  <  16 and ≥ 16 rLNs.
Source: Military Medical Research - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research