Expression of Liver–Intestine Cadherin and Its Correlation with Lymph Node Metastasis in Gastric Cancer: Can It Predict N Stage Preoperatively?

摘要

Reliable method to predict lymph node metastasis is not yet available. In the present study, therefore, we examined LI-cadherin expression in human gastric cancer and attempted to find its relationship with clinicopathologic data, especially with lymph node metastasis. We also analyzed the expression in preoperative biopsy specimen to uncover its possibility of prognostication for lymph node metastasis.