Curative surgery for gastric cancer in the elderly: Treatment decisions, surgical morbidity, mortality, prognosis and quality of life

Tumori

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 478-484

  Pisanu, Adolfo ^a   Montisci, Alessandro ^a   Piu, Sara ^a   Uccheddu, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elderly; Gastric carcinoma; Quality of life; Surgery; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; NUTRITION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STOMACH CANCER; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 36749054609     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160709300512     Document Type: Article

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