Clinicopathological characteristics of gastric cancer in the elderly

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 798-802

  Kitamura, K ^a   Yamaguchi, T ^a   Taniguchi, H ^a   Hagiwara, A ^a   Yamane, T ^a   Sawai, K ^a   Takahashi, T ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Gastric cancer; Pathology; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SURVIVAL; DEATH; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH CANCER;

EID: 0029867547     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1996.139     Document Type: Article

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