Palliation of primary and recurrent gastric carcinoma with expandable metallic stents: 2 case reports

Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 156-158

  Greaney, Thomas V ^a,c   Gibney, Robert G ^b   Malone, Dermot E ^b  

^a HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gastric carcinoma; Metallic stent; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GASTRECTOMY; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; METAL IMPLANTATION; RECURRENT CANCER; STOMACH CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BARIUM SULFATE; CONTRAST MEDIA; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTRIC OUTLET OBSTRUCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PALLIATIVE CARE; STENTS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032783149     PISSN: 00082902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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