Signet ring cell histology is associated with unique clinical features but does not affect gastric cancer survival

American Surgeon

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 915-921

  Theuer, Charles P ^a   Nastanski, Frank ^a   Brewster M d, Wendy R ^a   Butler, John A ^a   Anton Culver, Hoda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SIGNET RING CARCINOMA; STOMACH CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SIGNET RING CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032870788     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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