Prognostic impact of metastatic lymph node ratio on gastric cancer after curative distal gastrectomy (original) (raw)

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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 28, 2010; 16(16): 2055-2060
Published online Apr 28, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i16.2055

Table 4 Comparison of survival rates for patients classified by rN category or by pN category

N stage n rN1 rN2 rN3 P
n OS (%) n OS (%) n OS (%)
pN1 232 169 68.6 54 36.3 9 22.2 0.000
pN2 156 3 66.7 95 40.8 58 20.4 0.007
pN3 51 NA NA 7 57.4 44 11.6 0.012