Palliative gastrectomy in advanced gastric cancer: Is it worthwhile?

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 60-63

  Samarasam, Inian ^a   Chandran, B Sudhakar ^a   Sitaram, V ^a   Perakath, Benjamin ^a   Nair, Aravindan ^a   Mathew, George ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Advanced gastric cancer; Gastric resection; Quality of life; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROSTOMY; HUMAN; JEJUNOSTOMY; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STOMACH CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33644997167     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2006.03649.x     Document Type: Article

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