A novel subclassification of pT2 gastric cancers according to the depth of muscularis propria invasion: Superficial muscularis propria versus deep muscularis propria/subserosa

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 249, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 768-775

  Sun, Zhe ^a   Zhu, Guo Lian ^a   Lu, Chong ^a   Guo, Peng Tao ^a   Huang, Bao Jun ^a   Li, Kai ^a   Xu, Yan ^a   Wang, Zhen Ning ^a   Xu, Hui Mian ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEROSA; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH MUSCLE;

AGED; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 67649559868     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181a3df77     Document Type: Article

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