Editorial: Laparoscopic surgery for gastric cancer: Comparative- effectiveness research and future trends

Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 473-476

  Katsios, Christos G ^a   Baltogiannis, George ^a   Roukos, Dimitrios H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; TRASTUZUMAB;

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SURGERY; COLON CANCER; COLON RESECTION; EDITORIAL; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; PATIENT SAFETY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; STOMACH CANCER; SURGICAL TRAINING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; LAPAROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; STOMACH TUMOR; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951211564     PISSN: 14737140     EISSN: 17448328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/era.10.23     Document Type: Editorial

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