Pathologic characteristics of gastric cancer in the elderly: A retrospective study of 994 surgical patients

Gastric Cancer

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 154-159

  Arai, Tomio ^a   Esaki, Yukiyoshi ^b   Inoshita, Naoko ^c   Sawabe, Motoji ^a   Kasahara, Ichiro ^a   Kuroiwa, Kojiro ^a   Honma, Naoko ^d   Takubo, Kaiyo ^d  

^a Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

^b Sayama Hospital   (Japan)

^c CANCER INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Differentiated type carcinoma; Elderly; Stomach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH CARCINOMA; TUMOR GROWTH; UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4744361484     PISSN: 14363291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10120-004-0285-4     Document Type: Article

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