Epidemiology of surgically treated gastric cancer in the United States, 1988-2000

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 879-883

  Wainess, Reid M ^a   Dimick, Justin B ^a   Upchurch Jr , Gilbert R ^a,b   Cowan Jr , John A ^a   Mulholland, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Hospital volume; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKET; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242365571     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1091-255X(03)00150-1     Document Type: Article

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