Journal article
Extent of lymph node dissection for adenocarcinoma of the stomach
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The impact of lymphadenectomy extent on the survival of patients with primary resectable gastric carcinoma is debated.
OBJECTIVES: We aimed to systematically review and meta-analyze the evidence on the impact of the three main types of progressively more extended lymph node dissection (that is, D1, D2 and D3 lymphadenectomy) on the clinical outcome of patients with primary resectable carcinoma of the stomach. The primary objective …
Authors
Mocellin S; McCulloch P; Kazi H; Gama‐Rodrigues JJ; Yuan Y; Nitti D
Journal
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Vol. 2015, No. 8,
Publisher
Wiley
DOI
10.1002/14651858.cd001964.pub4
ISSN
1361-6137