Distribution of lymph node metastasis in gastric carcinoma

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 53, Issue 69, 2006, Pages 468-472

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

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Lymph node metastasis; Lymphatic flow; Sentinel node

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH CARCINOMA; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33745448223     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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