Comparison of five systems for staging lymph node metastasis in gastric cancer

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1305-1309

  Yu, W ^a   Choi, G S ^a   Whang, I ^a   Suh, I S ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH CARCINOMA;

HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030818611     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800840931     Document Type: Article

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