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ArticleOncotarget2017

The prognostic value of negative lymph node count for patients with gastric cancer who received preoperative radiotherapy.

Xinxing Li, Weigang Zhang, Xianwen Zhang, Haolu Wang, Kai Xu, Houshan Yao, Jun Yao, Xiaowen Liang, Zhiqian Hu

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Article in Oncotarget, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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  1. Impact of Lymph Nodes Examined on Survival in ypN0 Gastric Cancer Patients: a Population-Based Study.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2021
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Xinxing LiDepartment of General Surgery, Changzheng Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200003, China.
Weigang ZhangDepartment of General Surgery, Changzheng Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200003, China.
Xianwen ZhangDepartment of General Surgery, Changzheng Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200003, China.
Haolu WangTherapeutics Research Centre, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, QLD 4102, Australia.
Kai XuDepartment of General Surgery, Changzheng Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200003, China.
Houshan YaoDepartment of General Surgery, Changzheng Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200003, China.
Jun YaoDepartment of General Surgery, Changzheng Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200003, China.
Xiaowen LiangTherapeutics Research Centre, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, QLD 4102, Australia.
Zhiqian HuDepartment of General Surgery, Changzheng Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200003, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Negative lymph node (NLN) count provides accurate prognostic information in patients with gastric cancer. However, it is unclear whether NLN still has prognostic value for patients received preoperative radiotherapy. In this study, Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program (SEER)-registered gastric cancer patients were used for analysis. Clinicopathological characteristics and survival time were collected. Univariate and multivariate Cox proportional hazards models were used to assess the risk factors for survival. NLN count was validated as an independent prognostic factor in both univariate and mulivariate analysis (P < 0.001). X-tile plots identified 12 as the optimal cutoff value to divide the patients into high and low risk subsets in terms of survival rate. Nomogram based on cancer-specific survival was successfully established according to all significant factors. The C-index was 0.630 (95% CI: 0.605-0.655). Subgroup analysis showed that NLN count was a prognosis factor for patients with advanced gastric cancer (stage ypII and ypIII). In conclusion, our results firmly demonstrated that NLN count was an independent prognostic factor for patients with gastric cancer who received preoperative radiotherapy. It provides more accurate prognostic information especially for patients with advanced gastric cancer (stage ypII and ypIII). Nomograms based on cancer-specific survival could be recommended as practical models to evaluate prognosis.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansLymphatic MetastasisLymph NodesMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingPreoperative CarePrognosisProportional Hazards ModelsRadiotherapy, AdjuvantSEER ProgramStomach Neoplasmsgastric cancernegative lymph nodepreoperative radiotherapysurvival

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PMCPMC5564535

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