Facing the challenge of managing linitis plastica - Review of the literature

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 56, Issue 96, 2009, Pages 1773-1778

  Mastoraki, Aikaterini ^a   Papanikolaou, Ioannis S ^a   Sakorafas, George ^a   Safioleas, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal tract; Linitis plastic; Literature review

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROPYRIMIDINE; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; MITOMYCIN C;

ANOREXIA; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DYSPHAGIA; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LINITIS PLASTICA; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

HUMANS; LINITIS PLASTICA; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 74949131350     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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