Surgical treatment of gastric cancer: 15
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Ilfet Songun; Hein Putter; Elma Meershoek-Klein Kranenbarg; Mitsuru Sasako; Corn
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Article
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2010
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The Lancet
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English
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Background Historical data and recent studies show that standardised extended (D2) lymphadenectomy leads to better results than standardised limited (D1) lymphadenectomy. Based on these findings, the Dutch D1D2 trial, a nationwide prospectively randomised clinical trial, was undertaken to compare D2