Extended lymph-node dissection for gastric cancer

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 340, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 908-914

  Bonenkamp, J J ^a   Hermans, J ^b   Sasako, M ^c   Van De Velde, C J H ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STOMACH CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RISK; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0033602548     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199903253401202     Document Type: Article

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