Journal of Medical Diagnostic Methods
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Department of Surgical Oncology, Salah Azaiez Institute, University Tunis El Manar, Tunisia

Biography

Khaled Rahal is currently working at the Department of Surgical Oncology, Salah Azaiez Institute, University Tunis El Manar, and has an interest in cancer, oncology, surgery

Publications

• Research Article   
  Predictive Factors of Lymph Nodes Invasion and Factors Associated with Advanced Lymph Nodes Invasion in Gastric Cancer: Retrospective Study of 145 Cases
  Author(s): Houyem Mansouri, Ines Zemni*, Ines Ben Safta, Mohamed Ali Ayadi, Tarek Ben Dhiab, Riadh Chargui and Khaled Rahal
  
  Introduction: The detection of risk factors for lymph node extension in gastric cancers is crucial to standardize the indications of endoscopic treatment in early tumors, to rationalize the extension of lymphadenectomy and to adapt adjuvant and neoadjuvant therapies in locally advanced tumor. This study aimed to identify the clinical, biological, and histological predictive factors of lymph node involvement in gastric cancer. Patients and Methods: Clinical and histological data of 145 patients treated for gastric adenocarcinoma have been enrolled. Univariate and multivariate analyzes of risk factors for lymph node involvement were performed. Results: Lymph node invasion was found in 82.1% of cases. Among our patients, 32.4% were staged at pN3, 28.3% at pN2, and 21.4% at pN1. In univariate analysis, lymph.. View More»
  

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