Changing trends of clinicopathologic features and survival duration after surgery for gastric cancer in Northeast China
Zhao Zhai, Zi-Yu Zhu, Xi-Liang Cong, Bang-Ling Han, Jia-Liang Gao, Xin Yin, Yu Zhang, Sheng-Han Lou, Tian-Yi Fang, Yi-Min Wang, Chun-Feng Li, Xue-Feng Yu, Yan Ma, Ying-Wei Xue
Zhao Zhai, Zi-Yu Zhu, Xi-Liang Cong, Bang-Ling Han, Jia-Liang Gao, Xin Yin, Yu Zhang, Sheng-Han Lou, Tian-Yi Fang, Yi-Min Wang, Chun-Feng Li, Xue-Feng Yu, Yan Ma, Ying-Wei Xue, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin 150081, Heilongjiang Province, China
Author contributions: Zhai Z and Zhu ZY designed the research and study concept; Cong XL and Han BL performed the research and data collection; Gao JL, Yin X, and Zhang Y performed the statistical analysis; Lou SH, Fang TY, Wang YM, Li CF, Yu XF, and Ma Y performed the data interpretation; Zhai Z wrote the manuscript draft; Xue YW revised the manuscript.
Supported by Nn10 Program of Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, China, No. Nn10 PY 2017-03.
Institutional review board statement: The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital.
Informed consent statement: All study participants or their legal guardian provided informed written consent about personal and medical data collection prior to study enrolment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors have no conflict of interest related to the manuscript.
Data sharing statement: The original anonymous dataset is available on request from the corresponding author at xueyingwei@hrbmu.edu.cn.
STROBE statement: The authors have read the STROBE Statement—checklist of items, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the STROBE Statement—checklist of items.
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Corresponding author: Ying-Wei Xue, MD, Chief Doctor, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, No. 150 Haping Road, Nangang District, Harbin 150081, Heilongjiang Province, China. xueyingwei@hrbmu.edu.cn
Received: June 4, 2020
Peer-review started: June 4, 2020
First decision: July 21, 2020
Revised: July 28, 2020
Accepted: September 1, 2020
Article in press: September 1, 2020
Published online: October 15, 2020