Pathological predictors of lymph node involvement in submucosal gastric carcinoma: A retrospective analysis of long-term outcome

In Vivo

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 337-342

  Nesi, Gabriella ^a   Basili, Giancarlo ^a   Girardi, Lucia Roberta ^a   Manetti, Andrea ^a   Biliotti, Giancarlo ^a   Barchielli, Alessadro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Local Health Unit 10   (Italy)

Author keywords

Early gastric cancer; Lymph node metastasis; Lymphadenectomy; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH CARCINOMA; SUBMUCOSA; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 64549108073     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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