Extranodal metastasis is an indicator of poor prognosis in patients with gastric carcinoma

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 369-373

  Etoh, T ^a   Sasako, M ^a   Ishikawa, K ^a   Katai, H ^a   Sano, T ^a   Shimoda, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL INFILTRATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH CARCINOMA;

AGED; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33645077587     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.5240     Document Type: Article

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