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 (𝑛)	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

β: Coefficient of regression.