Management of gastric cancer in Ontario

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-63

  Coburn, Natalie G ^a,b,c   Lourenco, Laercio G ^d   Rossi, Seana E ^a   Gunraj, Nadia ^c   Mahar, Alyson L ^a   Helyer, Lucy K ^e   Law, Calvin ^a,b,c   Rabeneck, Linda ^a,b,c   Paszat, Lawrence ^c  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Surgical management; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON RESECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PANCREAS RESECTION; PATIENT CARE; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH BYPASS; STOMACH CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 77954109615     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21561     Document Type: Article

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