Survival predictors in patients with node-negative gastric carcinoma

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1014-1018

  Lee, Chin Chun ^b   Wu, Chew Wun ^a,b   Lo, Su Shun ^b   Chen, Jen Hao ^b   Li, Anna F Y ^a   Hsieh, Mao Chin ^b   Shen, King Han ^b   Lui, Wing Yiu ^b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Lymph node metastasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH VESSEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROSA; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; STROMA; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 34347369404     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2006.04488.x     Document Type: Article

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