Comparison of the 6th and 7th editions of the UICC TNM staging system for gastric cancer: Results of a Chinese single-institution study of 1,503 patients

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1060-1067

  Wang, Wei ^a   Sun, Xiao Wei ^a   Li, Chao Feng ^a   Lv, Lin ^a   Li, Yuan Fang ^a   Chen, Ying Bo ^a   Xu, Da Zhi ^a   Kesari, Rajiv ^a   Huang, Chun Yu ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Zhan, You Qing ^a   Zhou, Zhi Wei ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHINESE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955822024     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-010-1424-2     Document Type: Article

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