Is extended lymphadenectomy valuable in palliatively gastrectomized patients with gastric cancer and simultaneous peritoneal metastasis?

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 47, Issue 32, 2000, Pages 563-566

  Kikuchi, Shiro ^a,b   Arai, Yoshitaka ^a   Kobayashi, Nobuyuki ^a   Tsukamoto, Hideto ^a   Shimao, Hitoshi ^a   Sakakibara, Yuzuru ^a   Hiki, Yoshiki ^a   Kakita, Akira ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Peritoneal metastasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER;

FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PALLIATIVE CARE; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034000066     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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