The impact of N-ratio in minimizing stage migration phenomenon in gastric cancer patients with insufficient number or level of lymph node retrieved: results from a Chinese mono-institutional study in 2159 patients.

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Published in Ann Oncol on January 29, 2009

Authors

Z Sun1, G-L Zhu, C Lu, P-T Guo, B-J Huang, K Li, Y Xu, De-Ming Li, Z-N Wang, H-M Xu

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1: Department of Surgical Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.

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