Should systematic lymph node dissection be recommended for gastric cancer?

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1480-1483

  Maruyama, K ^a   Sasako, M ^a   Kinoshita, T ^a   Sano, T ^a   Katai, H ^a   Hada, M ^a   Schmidt Matthiesen, A ^a   Dahl, O ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031667277     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(98)00201-9     Document Type: Article

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