Open-access gastroscopy is associated with improved outcomes in gastric cancer

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1333-1337

  Blackshaw, Guy R J C ^a   Barry, Jonathan D ^a   Edwards, Paul ^a   Allison, Miles C ^a   Lewis, Wyn G ^a  

^a ROYAL GWENT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Open access gastroscopy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALES;

EID: 3142640132     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200312000-00012     Document Type: Article

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