Early and late recurrences in lymph node-negative gastric cancer: a retrospective cohort study.

Background: Predictors of recurrence in patients with lymph node-negative gastric cancer (GC) who have undergone curative resection have been widely investigated, but not the effects of predictors on timing of recurrence.

Objective: Determine the factors associated with early and late recurrence in patients with node-negative GC.

Design: Retrospective cohort.