Combination of endoscopic submucosal dissection and laparoscopic sentinel lymph node dissection in early mucinous gastric cancer: Role of lymph node metastasis
Hua Li, Li-Li Zhao, Xiao-Chong Zhang, Deng-Xiang Liu, Gui-Ying Wang, Zhi-Bin Huo, Shu-Bo Chen
Hua Li, Li-Li Zhao, Xiao-Chong Zhang, Deng-Xiang Liu, Zhi-Bin Huo, Shu-Bo Chen, Institute of Cancer Control, Xingtai People’s Hospital, Xingtai 054001, Hebei Province, China
Gui-Ying Wang, Department of General Surgery, Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Hebei Medial University, Shijiazhuang 050000, Hebei Province, China
Author contributions: Li H, Zhao LL, Zhang XC, and Liu DX contributed equally to this work; Huo ZB, Chen SB, and Wang GY should be regarded as co-corresponding authors of this article; Huo ZB, Chen SB, and Wang GY designed the research; Li H analyzed the data and drafted the manuscript; Zhao LL and Zhang XC revised the manuscript critically for important intellectual content and contributed to the data analysis; Liu DX helped draft the manuscript; all authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: This study is a retrospective study for the data of patients collected from the Department of Surgical Oncology, Xing Tai People’s Hospital during 1988-2016. No human body was involved in this study. According to our hospital’s policy, this study does not require an approval by the hospital institutional review board.
Informed consent statement: All study participants, or their legal guardian, provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: No conflict of interest is declared by the authors.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Zhi-Bin Huo, PhD, Professor, Institute of Cancer Control, Xingtai People’s Hospital, No. 16 Hongxing Street, Xingtai 054001, Hebei Province, China. zhibinhwcwk@126.com
Received: March 20, 2020
Peer-review started: March 20, 2020
First decision: April 29, 2020
Revised: July 5, 2020
Accepted: July 16, 2020
Article in press: July 16, 2020
Published online: August 26, 2020
