Comparison of four staging systems of lymph node metastasis in gastric cancer

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2383-2388

  Zhang, Ming ^a   Zhu, Guanyu ^a   Ma, Yan ^a   Xue, Yingwei ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAPANESE CLASSIFICATION OF GASTRIC CARCINOMA SYSTEM; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STOMACH CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350025550     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-009-0214-0     Document Type: Article

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