Gastric cancer in pregnancy: Do pregnancy, age or female sex alter the prognosis?Case reports and review

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-22

  Jaspers, Volker K I ^a   Gillessen, Anton ^a   Quakernack, Klaus ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Oestrogen; Ovarian metastases; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY METASTASIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032846855     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(99)00072-X     Document Type: Review

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