Gastric linitis plastica: Which role for surgical resection?

Gastric Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-60

  Pedrazzani, Corrado ^a,e   Marrelli, Daniele ^a   Pacelli, Fabio ^b   Di Cosmo, Maria ^c   Mura, Gianni ^d   Bettarini, Francesca ^a   Rosa, Fausto ^b   De Manzoni, Giovanni ^c   Roviello, Franco ^a  

^a Istituto Toscano Tumouri   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d Valdarno Hospital   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Linitis plastica; Prognosis; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RELAPSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LINITIS PLASTICA; LOCOREGIONAL DISEASE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERITONEAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH LINITIS PLASTICA; STOMACH SURGERY; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINITIS PLASTICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861528099     PISSN: 14363291     EISSN: 14363305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10120-011-0063-z     Document Type: Article

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