Improving survival for gastric cancer patients - The role of the surgeon

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 103-104

  Coburn, Natalie G ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPY; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OMENTECTOMY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STENT; STOMACH CANCER;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 76549103997     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21437     Document Type: Editorial

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