Gastric cancer surgery in the elderly without operative mortality

Surgical Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 235-238

  Katai, Hitoshi ^a   Sasako, Mitsuru ^a   Sano, Takeshi ^a   Fukagawa, Takeo ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastric carcinoma; The elderly

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STOMACH CARCINOMA; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 11144277903     PISSN: 09607404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suronc.2004.09.007     Document Type: Article

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