Tumor size as a simple prognostic indicator for gastric carcinoma

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 137-140

  Adachi, Yosuke ^a   Oshiro, Tatsuo ^a   Mori, Masaki ^a   Maehara, Yoshihiko ^a   Sugimachi, Keizo ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Prognosis; Stomach; Survival; Tumor size

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH TUMOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031084940     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02303796     Document Type: Article

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