Lymph node retrieval in a randomized trial on western-type versus Japanese-type surgery in gastric cancer.

The Will Rogers Phenomenon

1985 • 1,512 citations

Progress in gastric cancer surgery in Japan and its limits of radicality

1987 • 694 citations

Lymph Node Metastases of Gastric Cancer

1989 • 444 citations

Radical surgery for gastric cancer. A review of the Japanese experience

1989 • 334 citations

Evaluation of extensive lymph node dissection for carcinoma of the stomach

1981 • 298 citations

Surgical/pathologic-stage migration confounds comparisons of gastric cancer survival rates between Japan and Western countries.

1995 • 277 citations

Axillary dissection of level I and II lymph nodes is important in breast cancer classification

1992 • 263 citations

Clearance technique for the detection of lymph nodes in colorectal cancer

1986 • 186 citations

Lymph node counts in the upper abdomen: Anatomical basis for lymphadenectomy in gastric cancer

1991 • 157 citations

The role of lymphadenectomy in curative surgery for gastric cancer

1979 • 118 citations

Evaluation of the extent of lymphadenectomy in a randomized trial of Western- versus Japanese-type surgery in gastric cancer.

1994 • 92 citations

Fat clearance method versus manual dissection of lymph nodes in specimens of rectal cancer

1986 • 71 citations

New aspects in the surgical treatment of gastric carcinoma--a comparative study of 1636 patients operated on between 1969 and 1982.

1985 • 71 citations

Selection of Operative Procedure for Adenocarcinoma of the Midstomach Twenty Yearsʼ Experience with Implications for Future Treatment Strategy

1980 • 63 citations

TNM atlas : Illustrated guide to the TNM/pTNM classification of malignant tumours

1997 • 59 citations

Lymph node staging standards in gastric cancer.

1995 • 51 citations

Comparison of the conventional method of lymph node staging with a comprehensive fat-clearing method for gastric adenocarcinoma

1990 • 50 citations

Quality Control of Surgical Technique in a Multicenter, Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Study on the Surgical Treatment of Gastric Cancer

1992 • 49 citations

Factors influencing noncompliance and contamination in a randomized trial of “Western” (r1) versus “Japanese” (r2) type surgery in gastric cancer

1994 • 48 citations

Radiographic imaging of lymph nodes in lymph node dissection specimens.

1985 • 10 citations