Laparoscopic staging of upper gastrointestinal malignancy

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 782-783

  Metcalfe, Matthew S ^a   Maddern, Guy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER METASTASIS; NOTE; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCERAL METASTASIS; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; PATHOLOGY;

GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 1542391939     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-2197.2003.02788.x     Document Type: Note

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