Prognostic significance of metastatic lymph node ratio in gastric cancer: a Western-center analysis.

Muhammer Ergenç Tevfik Kıvılcım Uprak Muhammed İkbal Akın Ece Elif Hekimoğlu Çiğdem Ataizi Çelikel Şevket Cumhur Yeğen

Published in: BMC surgery (2023)

Our study showed that a high LNR was significantly associated with poor OS in patients who underwent curative gastrectomy. LNR can be used as an independent prognostic predictor in GC patients.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
lymph node
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
small cell lung cancer
peritoneal dialysis
squamous cell carcinoma
radiation therapy
early stage
high resolution
south africa
patient reported
liquid chromatography