Assessment of lymph node status in gallbladder cancer: location, number, or ratio of positive nodes
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Assessment of lymph node status in gallbladder cancer: location, number, or ratio of positive nodes
UNLABELLED A BACKGROUND: Assessment of lymph node status is a critical issue in the surgical management of gallbladder cancer. The aim of this study was to compare the anatomical location of positive nodes, number of positive nodes, and lymph node ratio (LNR) as prognostic predictors in gallbladder cancer. METHODS We conducted a retrospective analysis of 135 patients with gallbladder cancer w...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Surgical Oncology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1477-7819
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-10-87