Gastric cancer histology: Clinicopathologic characteristics and prognostic value

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 520-525

  Park, Joong Min ^a   Jang, You Jin ^b   Kim, Jong Han ^b   Park, Sung Soo ^b,c   Park, Seong Heum ^b   Kim, Seung Joo ^b   Mok, Young Jae ^b   Kim, Chong Suk ^b  

^a Chung Ang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Histology; Mucin; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; MUCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METASTASIS; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGNET RING CARCINOMA; STOMACH CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 56649122106     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21150     Document Type: Article

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