Effect of Lymph Node Number on Survival of Patients with Lymph Node-Negative Gastric Cancer according to the 7th Edition UICC TNM System

Dazhi Xu; Ying Huang; Qirong Geng; Yuanxiang Guan; Yuanfang Li; Wei Wang; Shuqiang Yuan; Xiaowei Sun; Yingbo Chen; Wei Li; Zhiwei Zhou; Youqing Zhan

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0038681

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Effect of Lymph Node Number on Survival of Patients with Lymph Node-Negative Gastric Cancer according to the 7th Edition UICC TNM System

Dazhi Xu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Dazhi Xu, Ying Huang

* E-mail: zhanyq@sysucc.org.cn (YZ); xudzh@sysucc.org.cn (DX)

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou, China, Department of Gastric and Pancreatic Surgery, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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Ying Huang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Dazhi Xu, Ying Huang

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou, China, Department of Radiotherapy, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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Qirong Geng,

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou, China, Department of Hematology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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Yuanxiang Guan,

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou, China, Department of Gastric and Pancreatic Surgery, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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Yuanfang Li,

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou, China, Department of Gastric and Pancreatic Surgery, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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Wei Wang,

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou, China, Department of Gastric and Pancreatic Surgery, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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Shuqiang Yuan,

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou, China, Department of Gastric and Pancreatic Surgery, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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Xiaowei Sun,

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou, China, Department of Gastric and Pancreatic Surgery, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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Yingbo Chen,

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou, China, Department of Gastric and Pancreatic Surgery, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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Wei Li,

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou, China, Department of Gastric and Pancreatic Surgery, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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Zhiwei Zhou,

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou, China, Department of Gastric and Pancreatic Surgery, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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Youqing Zhan

* E-mail: zhanyq@sysucc.org.cn (YZ); xudzh@sysucc.org.cn (DX)

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou, China, Department of Gastric and Pancreatic Surgery, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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Effect of Lymph Node Number on Survival of Patients with Lymph Node-Negative Gastric Cancer according to the 7th Edition UICC TNM System

Dazhi Xu,
Ying Huang,
Qirong Geng,
Yuanxiang Guan,
Yuanfang Li,
Wei Wang,
Shuqiang Yuan,
Xiaowei Sun,
Yingbo Chen,
Wei Li

Published: June 19, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0038681

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