Histological evaluation of lymph node metastasis on serial sectioning in gastric cancer with radical lymphadenectomy

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 1133-1136

  Isozaki, Hiroshi ^a   Okajima, Kunio ^a   Fujii, Keizo ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Lymph node metastasis; Micrometastasis,; Serial sectioning of lymph node

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GASTRECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH CANCER;

GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030744459     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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