Long-term results of tailored D2 lymph node dissection after R0 surgery for gastric cancer

Updates in Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 83-90

  Catarci, Marco ^a   Montemurro, Leonardo Antonio ^a   Ghinassi, Sabrina ^a   Di Cintio, Antonio ^a   Leone, Leonardo ^a   Cosentino, Luigi Marino ^a   Viarengo, Maria Antonietta ^a   Grassi, Giovanni Battista ^a  

^a SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lymph node ratio; Prognostic factors; Stomach neoplasms; Surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855834179     PISSN: 2038131X     EISSN: 20383312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13304-011-0065-8     Document Type: Article

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