Predicting lymph node metastases in early gastric cancer: Radical resection or organ-sparing therapy?

Gastric Cancer

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 131-133

  Novotny, Alexander R ^a   Schuhmacher, Christoph ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARLY CANCER; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; STOMACH CANCER;

HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 53149115643     PISSN: 14363291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10120-008-0479-2     Document Type: Editorial

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