Clinical significance of the pattern of lymph node metastasis depending on the location of gastric cancer

Journal of Gastric Cancer

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 86-93

  Han, Ki Bin ^a   Jang, You Jin ^a   Kim, Jong Han ^a   Park, Sung Soo ^a   Park, Seong Heum ^a   Kim, Seung Joo ^a   Mok, Young Jae ^a   Kim, Chong Suk ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lymphatic metastasis; Stomach neoplasms; Tumor location

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867491080     PISSN: 2093582X     EISSN: 20935641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5230/jgc.2011.11.2.86     Document Type: Article

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