Evaluation of surgical treatment for patients with gastric cancer who are over 80 years of age

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 27, 1999, Pages 2074-2080

  Kitamura, Kaoru ^a   Sugimachi, Keizo ^a   Saku, Motonori ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYUSHU MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH CANCER; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032764656     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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