Impact of lymph node micrometastasis on gastric carcinoma prognosis: A meta-analysis

Table 4 Recurrence rates for lymph node micrometastasis positive vs negative groups

First author, year	Recurrence (positive vs negative)
Cai et al[18], 2000	3/17 vs 0/52
Fukagawa et al[19], 2001	2/38 vs 4/65
Choi et al[20], 2002	2/28 vs 3/60
Morgagni et al[23], 2002	2/30 vs 0/270
Yonemura et al[24], 2007	5/37 vs 1/271
Kim et al[25], 2008	12/31 vs 5/153
Ishii et al[26], 2008	0/4 vs 0/31
Kim et al[27], 2008	0/9 vs 0/211

¹Disease-specific survival.