Peritoneal washing cytology: Prognostic value of positive findings in patients with gastric carcinoma undergoing a potentially curative resection

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 60-64

  Kodera, Yasuhiro ^a   Yamamura, Yoshitaka ^a   Shimizu, Yasuhiro ^a   Torii, Akihito ^a   Hirai, Takashi ^a   Yasui, Kenzo ^a   Morimoto, Takeshi ^a   Kato, Tomoyuki ^a  

^a AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Peritoneal dissemination; Prognosis; Recurrence; Stage classification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOMATOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERITONEAL FLUID; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; STOMACH CARCINOMA;

EID: 0032747292     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199910)72:2<60::AID-JSO3>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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