Clinical Study
Impact of the Number of Dissected Lymph Nodes on Survival for Gastric Cancer after Distal Subtotal Gastrectomy
Table 5
Projected numeric total LNs impact on 5-year overall survival.
| Stage subgroup | Patients () | β | Baseline projected 5-year survival (0 LN examined), % | For every 10 extra LNs examined, survival improved by (%) | P value |
| I | 133 | 0.846 | 43.5 | 13.9 | 0.061 | II | 165 | 0.923 | 13.6 | 18.7 | 0.025 | III | 336 | 0.964 | 2.0 | 15.5 | 0.003 |
| Total | 634 | 0.952 | 20.4 | 13.1 | 0.001 |
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β: Coefficient of regression.
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