Elsevier, EJSO - European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 6(41), p. 779-786
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2015.03.227
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Background According to the TNM classification, the analysis of 16 or more lymph nodes is required for the appropriate staging of gastric cancer. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether this number of resected lymph nodes also affects survival. Methods This was a multicenter retrospective study based on an analysis of 992 patients with gastric adenocarcinoma who underwent curative resection between January 1980 and December 2009. Patients were classified according to the number of resected lymph nodes (