Surgical resection for gastric cancer in elderly patients: Is there a difference in outcome?

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-20

  Saidi, Reza F ^a   Bell, John L ^b   Dudrick, Paul S ^b  

^a PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Gastrectomy; Gastric cancer; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH VESSEL; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH CANCER; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842861730     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4804(03)00353-6     Document Type: Article

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