Cytological analysis of peritoneal washings: Now part of the standard preoperative staging evaluation for patients with resectable gastric cancer?

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 339-341

  Elaraj, Dina M ^a   Ettinghausen, Stephen E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b ROCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; STOMACH CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PERITONEUM; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 21144435867     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/ASO.2005.01.917     Document Type: Editorial

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