Proper follow-up schedule after curative gastric surgery

Japanese Journal of Cancer and Chemotherapy

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1402-1407

  Nashimoto, Atsushi ^a   Yabusaki, Hiroshi ^a   Nakagawa, Satoru ^a  

^a NIIGATA CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Critical path; Curative gastric surgery; Follow up schedule; Gastric cancer; Recurrence pattern; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRECTOMY; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERITONEUM CANCER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH CANCER; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 79959831781     PISSN: 03850684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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