Lymph node metastasis of gastric cancer: Comparison of Union International Contra Cancer and Japanese systems

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 852-854

  Ikeguchi, Masahide ^a   Murakami, Daiki ^a   Kanaji, Shingo ^a   Ohro, Shotaro ^a   Maeta, Yoshihiko ^a   Yamaguchi, Ken Ichi ^a   Tatebe, Shigeru ^a   Kondo, Akira ^a   Tsujitani, Shun Ichi ^a   Kaibara, Nobuaki ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disease free survival; Gastric cancer; Japanese Gastric Cancer Association (JGCA); Lymphadenectomy; Union International Contra Cancer (UICC)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; JAPAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; JAPAN; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 8444232505     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-1433.2004.03188.x     Document Type: Article

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