A Lymph Node Staging System for Gastric Cancer: A Hybrid Type Based on Topographic and Numeric Systems

Yoon Young Choi; Ji Yeong An; Hitoshi Katai; Yasuyuki Seto; Takeo Fukagawa; Yasuhiro Okumura; Dong Wook Kim; Hyoung-Il Kim; Jae-Ho Cheong; Woo Jin Hyung; Sung Hoon Noh

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0149555

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A Lymph Node Staging System for Gastric Cancer: A Hybrid Type Based on Topographic and Numeric Systems

Yoon Young Choi ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yoon Young Choi, Ji Yeong An

¶‡ These authors are joint first authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Yonsei University Health System, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Ji Yeong An ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yoon Young Choi, Ji Yeong An

¶‡ These authors are joint first authors on this work.

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Yonsei University Health System, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, 06351, Korea
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Hitoshi Katai,

Affiliation Gastric Surgery Division, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Yasuyuki Seto,

Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Takeo Fukagawa,

Affiliation Gastric Surgery Division, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Yasuhiro Okumura,

Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Dong Wook Kim,

Affiliation Biostatistics Collaboration Unit, Yonsei University Health System, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Hyoung-Il Kim,

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Yonsei University Health System, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Jae-Ho Cheong,

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Yonsei University Health System, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Woo Jin Hyung,

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Yonsei University Health System, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Sung Hoon Noh

* E-mail: sunghoonn@yuhs.ac

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Yonsei University Health System, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University Health System, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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A Lymph Node Staging System for Gastric Cancer: A Hybrid Type Based on Topographic and Numeric Systems

Yoon Young Choi,
Ji Yeong An,
Hitoshi Katai,
Yasuyuki Seto,
Takeo Fukagawa,
Yasuhiro Okumura,
Dong Wook Kim,
Hyoung-Il Kim,
Jae-Ho Cheong,
Woo Jin Hyung

Published: March 11, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0149555

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