Gastric carcinoma

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 333, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 32-41

  Fuchs, Charles S ^a   Mayer, Robert J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CARMUSTINE; CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; MITOMYCIN; SEMUSTINE; TRIMETREXATE;

HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH TUMOR; ACHLORHYDRIA; ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; GASTRECTOMY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MENETRIER DISEASE; ONCOGENE; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CARCINOMA; STOMACH ULCER; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0028869723     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199507063330107     Document Type: Review

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