Value of intensive follow-up of patients after curative surgery for gastric carcinoma

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 503-506

  Ing, Tuan Tan ^a,b   So, Bok Yan Jimmy ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NONE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cancer; Gastrectomy; Regimen; Stomach; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CARCINOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 35748944539     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.20823     Document Type: Article

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