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It can result in a negative overestimation of the prognosis of patients with gastric cancer if the number of nodes examined is relatively limited. Methods: In this study, we retrospectively analyzed 194 patients diagnosed with gastric cancer operated on between 2017 and 2021 at the Clinical Department of Oncological Surgery, University Centre of General and Oncological Surgery of the University Clinical Hospital in Wroclaw. In total, 133 patients underwent gastrectomy with D2 lymphadenectomy and 61 remaining patients had the resection procedure abandoned due to an unresectable lesion. The LNR index was calculated based on histopathological examination, and postoperative complications were assessed using the Clavien\u2013Dindo (C-D) scale. Statistical analysis was performed regarding the dependence of LNR on the following patient characteristics: sex, age, TNM features, tumor stage, tumor location, performed procedure, chemotherapy application, C-D complication rate, and survival rate. Results: The value of the LNR index significantly depends on TNM features (p &lt; 0.05), clinical tumor stage (p &lt; 0.05), and patient survival (p &lt; 0.05), while no statistically significant relationship with C-D complication rate was demonstrated. Conclusions: The LNR index is a relevant parameter in predicting prognosis and survival time in gastric cancer patients, but future studies on larger and differentiated groups of patients could further confirm its usefulness in the development of guidelines.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/cancers17050743","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,25]],"date-time":"2025-02-25T07:45:08Z","timestamp":1740469508000},"page":"743","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Prognostic Significance of Lymph Node Ratio (LNR) in Gastric Cancer in Predicting Postoperative Complications and Survival: A Single-Center Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"17","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6130-2270","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Micha\u0142","family":"Miciak","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinical Department of Oncological Surgery, University Centre of General and Oncological Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-556 Wroc\u0142aw, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0492-9020","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Krzysztof","family":"Jurkiewicz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinical Department of Oncological Surgery, University Centre of General and Oncological Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-556 Wroc\u0142aw, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Przemys\u0142aw","family":"Dzier\u017cek","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinical Department of Oncological Surgery, University Centre of General and Oncological Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-556 Wroc\u0142aw, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Julia","family":"Rudno-Rudzi\u0144ska","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinical Department of Oncological Surgery, University Centre of General and Oncological Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-556 Wroc\u0142aw, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wojciech","family":"Kielan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinical Department of Oncological Surgery, University Centre of General and Oncological Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-556 Wroc\u0142aw, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"313","DOI":"10.1159\/000064574","article-title":"Jan Mikulicz-Radecki (1850\u20131905)\u2014The creator of modern European surgery","volume":"19","author":"Gorecki","year":"2002","journal-title":"Dig. 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