Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	6573
Country	China

Received	2013-10-24 15:22
Peer-Review Started	2013-10-25 18:10
To Make the First Decision	2014-01-09 13:35
Return for Revision	2013-12-04 16:53
Revised	2013-12-10 23:40
Second Decision	2014-01-20 17:06
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2014-01-20 18:08
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Edit the Manuscript by Language Editor	2014-02-23 11:56
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Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Topic Highlights
Article Title	Clinical significance of lymph node metastasis in gastric cancer
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Jing-Yu Deng and Han Liang
Funding Agency and Grant Number	Funding Agency Grant Number Anticancer Major Projects of Tianjin Municipal Science and Technology Commission 12ZCDZSY16400 National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) 2010CB529301 Science Foundation of Tianjin Medical University 2012KYM01
Corresponding Author	Jing-Yu Deng, Associate Professor, Gastric Oncology Division, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Hospital and City Key Laboratory of Tianjin Cancer Center, National Clinical Center of Cancer, West Road, Hexi District, Tianjin 300060, China. dengery@126.com
Key Words	Stomach; Neoplasm; Lymph node; Metastasis; Prognosis
Core Tip	Many issues regarding lymph node metastasis in gastric cancer need to be addressed for improving prognostic evaluation. Theoretically, the appropriate classification of lymph node metastasis is able to improve the accurate prognosis of patients. However, it is still controversial over which classification of lymph node metastasis should be deemed as the most powerful predictor of prognosis. The optimal extent of lymph node dissection has been still debating for several decades in the world. The perfect lymphadenectomy can provide the abundant count of dissected lymph nodes for pathological examination, which is considered as the irreplaceable element for accurate evaluation of disease status. In addition, the negative node count should not be considered as a clinical variable without any significance in prognostic evaluation.
Publish Date	2014-04-14 10:49
Citation	Deng JY, Liang H. Clinical significance of lymph node metastasis in gastric cancer. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(14): 3967-3975
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v20/i14/3967.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v20.i14.3967

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