Prognostic value of fibrosis ratio in metastatic lymph nodes of node-positive advanced gastric cancer

AbstractLymph node metastasis plays a crucial role in predicting prognosis in advanced gastric cancer (AGC). In the present study, we formulated a fibrosis ratio (FR), defined as the number of metastatic lymph nodes with fibrosis divided by the total number of lymph nodes, and sought to determine wh