Immunostained cathepsins B and L correlate with depth of invasion and different metastatic pathways in early stage gastric carcinoma

Rate of detection of lymph node metastas

Rate of detection of lymph node metastasis is correlated with the depth of submucosal invasion in early stage gastric carcinoma

✍ Kazuhiro Yasuda; Norio Shiraishi; Toshihiro Suematsu; Kimio Yamaguchi; Yosuke Ad 📂 Article 📅 1999 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 138 KB 👁 1 views

## BACKGROUND. Gastric carcinoma invading the submucosa is often accompanied by lymph node metastasis. However, the relation between the depth of submucosal invasion and the status of metastasis has not been investigated. The objective of this study was to clarify the relation between lymph node s