D2 versus D1 lymph node dissection: Results of the medical research council and the Dutch trial

Chirurgische Gastroenterologie mit Interdisziplinaren Gesprachen

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 244-248

  Whiting, J L ^a   Fielding, J W L ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gastric carcinoma; Randomised trials; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH SURGERY; SURVIVAL TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032847359     PISSN: 01779990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000012564     Document Type: Article

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