Clinicopathological characteristics of signet ring cell carcinoma of the stomach

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1060-1064

  Kim, Dong Yi ^a   Park, Young Kyu ^a   Joo, Jae Kyoon ^a   Ryu, Seong Yeob ^a   Kim, Young Jin ^a   Kim, Shin Kon ^a   Lee, Jae Hyuk ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Prognosis; Signet ring cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CELL INFILTRATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SIGNET RING CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SIGNET RING CELL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 10844258805     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-1433.2004.03268.x     Document Type: Review

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