Stage classifications of pancreatic cancer: Comparison of the Japanese and UICC classifications and proposal for a new staging system

Pancreas

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 255-264

  Kawarada, Yoshifumi ^a   Isaji, Shuji ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japanese stage classification; Pancreatic cancer; Prognostic factors; Prospective testing; UICC stage classification

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREAS RESECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

EID: 0031920495     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006676-199804000-00009     Document Type: Review

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