The survival of stage III gastric cancer patients is affected by the number of lymph nodes removed

Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 639-644

  Liu, Katherine J M ^a   Loewen, Mark ^a   Atten, Mary Jo ^a   Millikan, Keith ^a   Tebbit, Christopher ^a   Walter, Robert J ^a   Lucas, Charles E ^b  

^a Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^b Stroger Hospital of Cook County ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; STOMACH CANCER; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0242719997     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6060(03)00300-3     Document Type: Article

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