ArticleSaudi medical journal2022
Does lymph node ratio (metastasis/total lymph node count) affect survival and prognosis in gastric cancer?
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- Safety and Efficacy of Carbon Nanoparticle-Labeled Lymph Node Dissection in Radical Resection of Gastric Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Technology in cancer research & treatmentPooled it
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- Prognostic impact of regional lymph node excision in T3-4N+M0 gastric cancer: a retrospective cohort study on nomogram development and external validation in China.International journal of surgery (London, England) · 2026Article
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- Lymph Node Yield and Lymph Node Ratio for Prognosis of Long-Term Survival in Gastric Carcinoma.Cancers · 2025Article
- Prognostic value of metastatic lymph node ratio and its effect on disease-free survival in colon cancer.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
- Impact of Metastatic Lymph Node Ratio on Survival and Prognosis in Rectal Carcinoma: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Cureus · 2024Article
- Novel nomogram to predict the overall survival of postoperative patients with gastric signet.BMC gastroenterology · 2023Article
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- Low Expression of miR-491-3p Is Correlated with Lymph Node Metastasis in Gastric Cancer.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo investigate the influence of the metastatic lymph node/total lymph node ratio (N-ratio) on survival and prognosis in surgically treated gastric carcinomas.
methodsA retrospective review of 73 patients who underwent curative resection at the Department of General Surgery, Hitit University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey. Receiver operating characteristic analysis was used to calculate the cut-off value for the N-ratio of the patients. The N-ratio cut-off value was determined to be 0.32. Patients were divided into 2 groups: below 0.32 (Group 1) and 0.32 and above 0.32 (Group 2).
resultsGroup 2 patients had a total lymph node mean of 25.10±13.64 while Group 1 patients had a total lymph node mean of 18.77±9.36 (
conclusionThe N-ratio could be a new metric to evaluate prognosis following curative gastrectomy and improve the existing tumor lymph node metastasis staging system.
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