Comparison of prognostic significance of nodal staging between old (4th edition) and new (5th edition) UICC TNM classification for gastric carcinoma

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 492-498

  Yoo, Chang Hak ^a   Noh, Sung Hoon ^a   Kim, Yong Il ^a   Min, Jin Sik ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH CARCINOMA; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0006080223     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00012337     Document Type: Article

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