Progress on the lymplmode micrometastasis of gastric cancer
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4203.2009.07.017
- VernacularTitle:胃癌淋巴结微转移的研究进展
- Author:
Yong NING
;
Guangjian HUANG
;
Yanling ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
gastric cancer;
lymphnode;
micrometastasis
- From:
International Journal of Surgery
2009;36(7):478-481
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Lymph node metastasis is one of the main methods of metastasis and it affects the the prognosis of patients with gastric cancer. It is reported that the rate of tumor recurrence in patients with tumor-negative lymph nodes detected by routine pathology is approximately 25%, which is a factor that affects the survival. It is reported that the phenomenon associates with lymph nodes micrometastasis closely. The article will tou-ch the latest development on micrometsstasis.
