Comparison of surgical outcomes of gastric cancer in elderly and middle-aged patients

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 216-224

  Kunisaki, Chikara ^a   Akiyama, Hirotoshi ^a   Nomura, Masato ^a   Matsuda, Goro ^a   Otsuka, Yuichi ^a   Ono, Hidetaka Andrew ^a   Shimada, Hiroshi ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age; Comorbid disease; Gastric cancer; Prognostic factors; Second primary cancer

Indexed keywords

FLUOROPYRIMIDINE; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; TEGAFUR; URACIL;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 31444432227     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2005.09.001     Document Type: Article

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