Adenocarcinoma of gastric cardia in the elderly: Surgical problems and prognostic factors

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 33, 2005, Pages 5123-5128

  Di Martino, Natale ^a   Izzo, Giuseppe ^a   Cosenza, Angelo ^a   Cerullo, Guido ^b   Torelli, Francesco ^a   Brillantino, Antonio ^a   del Genio, Alberto ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elderly; Esophagogastric junction carcinoma; Gastic cardia carcinoma; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CARDIA CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MORBIDITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; THORAX PAIN; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 26244438022     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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