The Rhesus D negative phenotype is an independent predictor of poor prognosis in curatively (R0) resected gastric cancer patients

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1291-1294

  Mayer, B ^a   Schraut, W ^a   Funke, I ^a   Jauch, K W ^a   Mempel, W ^a   Johnson, J P ^b   Schildberg, F W ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Multivariate analysis; Prognosis; Progression; Rhesus factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH CANCER; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0030972315     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1997.219     Document Type: Article

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