Impact of splenectomy for lymph node dissection on long-term surgical outcome in gastric cancer

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 402-406

  Lee, Kang Young ^a   Noh, Sung Hoon ^a   Hyung, Woo Jin ^a   Lee, Jun Ho ^a   Lah, Ki Hyeok ^a   Choi, Seung Ho ^a   Min, Jin Sik ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Long term outcome; Lymph node dissection; Splenectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SPLENECTOMY; STOMACH CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RISK FACTORS; SPLENECTOMY; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035015837     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/aso.2001.8.5.402     Document Type: Article

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