Role of Removed Lymph Nodes on the Prognosis of M0 Small-Bowel Neuroendocrine Tumors: a Propensity Score Matching Analysis from SEER Database.

Jie-Bin Xie Yue-Shan Pang Xun Li Xiao Ting Wu

Published in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2021)

Both ELNs and NLNs can well predict the OS of patients. Systematic removal of more than 14 LNs and more than 9 NLNs can increase the OS of SBNET patients.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
small bowel
neuroendocrine tumors
peritoneal dialysis
early stage
electronic health record