A phase-II clinical trial of laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy with D2 lymph node dissection for gastric cancer patients

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3148-3153

  Lee, Jun Ho ^a   Kim, Young Woo ^a   Ryu, Keun Won ^a   Lee, Jong Ryul ^a   Kim, Chan Gyoo ^a   Choi, Il Ju ^a   Kook, Myoung Cheorl ^a   Nam, Byung Ho ^a   Bae, Jae Moon ^a  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

D2 Lymph Node Dissection; Gastric Cancer; Laparoscopy Assisted Distal Gastrectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STOMACH CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 35348844556     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-007-9446-0     Document Type: Article

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