Gastric Cancer in Malaysia: The Need for Early Diagnosis

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 758-762

  Kandasami, P ^a   Tan, W J ^b   Norain, K ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b Hospital Selayang   (Malaysia)

^c HOSPITAL RAJA PERMAISURI BAINUN   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Curative surgery; Gastric cancer; Stage of disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; STOMACH CANCER;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1842784830     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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