The influence of lymph node metastasis on prognosis of early gastric carcinoma
	    		
		   		
	    	
    	
    	
   		
        
        	
        		- VernacularTitle:早期胃癌淋巴结转移对预后的影响
 
        	
        	
        	
        		- Author:
	        		
		        		
		        		
			        		Shuguang LI
			        		
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			        		Li LI
			        		
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			        		Xuting ZHI
			        		
			        		
		        		
		        		
		        		
		        		
		        		
			        		
			        		
		        		
	        		
        		 
        	
        	
        	
        		- Publication Type:Journal Article
 
        	
        	
        		- Keywords:
        			
	        			
	        				
	        				
			        		
				        		Stomach neophasms?Lymphnodes? Neoplasm metastasis?Prognosis
			        		
			        		
	        			
        			
        		
 
        	
            
            
            	- From:
	            		
	            			Chinese Journal of Current Advances in General Surgery
	            		
	            		 2004;0(05):-
	            	
            	
 
            
            
            	- CountryChina
 
            
            
            	- Language:Chinese
 
            
            
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		        	Abstract:
			       	
			       		
				        
				        	Objective:To explore the general pattern of lymph node metastasis and its effect on prognosis in early gastric cancer.Methods:The clinicopathological and follow-up data of early gastric cancer cases from 1990.6~2000.6 were retrospectively analyzed.Results:The tumor size and depth of invasion were related to lymph node metastasis in early gastric cancer.The 5-year survival rate of patients with node-positive early gastric cancer was significantly lower than those of patients with node-negative,72.4% and 92.5% respectively.The 5-year survival rate of patients with ≥4 metastatic lymph nodes was significantly lower than those of patients with 1~3 metastatic lymph nodes,50.0% and 84.2% respectively.Conclusion:Lymph node metastasis is the independent prognostic factor.Postoperative therapy should be recommended for the patients with ≥4 metastatic lymph nodes.