A High Lymph Node Yield is Associated with Prolonged Survival in Elderly Patients Undergoing Curative Gastrectomy for Cancer: A Dutch Population-Based Cohort Study.
Hylke J F BrenkmanLucas GoenseLodewijk A BrosensNadia Haj MohammadFrank P VleggaarJelle P RuurdaRichard van HillegersbergPublished in: Annals of surgical oncology (2017)
In both young and elderly patients, a high LNY is associated with prolonged survival but not with an increase in postoperative mortality. Therefore, an extensive lymphadenectomy is the preferred strategy for all patients during gastrectomy in order to provide an optimal oncological result.
Keyphrases
- lymph node
- patients undergoing
- end stage renal disease
- prognostic factors
- ejection fraction
- rectal cancer
- middle aged
- chronic kidney disease
- early stage
- sentinel lymph node
- peritoneal dialysis
- robot assisted
- squamous cell carcinoma
- risk factors
- type diabetes
- cardiovascular disease
- squamous cell
- minimally invasive
- radical prostatectomy
- locally advanced