Background Gastric adenocarcinoma accounted for 6.8% of new cancer cases and 8.8% of
cancer deaths worldwide in 2012. Although resection is the cornerstone for cure, several …

Background The extent of lymphadenectomy in the treatment of gastric cancer has been
debated for more than two decades. This meta-analysis sought to evaluate the effectiveness …

Background and objectives The dismal prognosis of gastric cancer patients is a global
problem. We aim to evaluate the clinicopathologic features and prognostic factors of …

BACKGROUND Surgery for gastric cancer is a complex procedure and lymphadenectomy is
often mandatory. Postoperative mortality and morbidity after curative gastric cancer surgery …

Background The objective of the present meta‐analysis was to estimate the magnitude of
survival and recurrence free benefits from different lymphadenectomy in patients with …

Background This study aims to elucidate whether increasing the number of examined lymph
nodes (NELN) is mandatory for the accurate prognosis of node-negative gastric cancer (GC) …

Background: Resection is the cornerstone of cure for gastric adenocarcinoma; however,
several aspects of surgical intervention remain controversial or are suboptimally applied at a …

Background Greater lymph node retrieval in gastric cancer improves staging accuracy and
may improve survival from increased clearance of nodal micrometastasis. This retrospective …

Quantitative ultrasound (QUS) methods characterizing the backscattered echo signal have
been of use in assessing tissue microstructure. High-frequency (30 MHz) QUS methods …

Background Accumulating evidence has confirmed the potential prognostic value of
examined lymph nodes (ELNs) in patients with gastric cancer (GC). However, there is …