Metastatic tumors to the stomach: Clinical and endoscopic features

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 45, 2006, Pages 7326-7328

  De Palma, Giovanni D ^a   Masone, Stefania ^a   Rega, Maria ^a   Simeoli, Immacolata ^a   Donisi, Mario ^a   Addeo, Pietro ^a   Iannone, Loredana ^a   Pilone, Vincenzo ^a   Persico, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clinical findings; Endoscopy; Metastatic tumors; Pathology; Stomach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; BLEEDING; BREAST CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MELANOMA; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SOLID TUMOR; STOMACH CANCER; VISCERAL METASTASIS;

EID: 33845485269     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i45.7326     Document Type: Review

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