Feasibility of gastric cancer surgery at low volume hospitals

Journal of Gastric Cancer

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 234-240

  Kim, Maru ^a   Park, Jongkyung ^a   Kim, Sung Geun ^a   Choi, Seonghye ^a   Yoon, Sangsub ^a   Lee, Seong ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

General surgery; Low volume center; Reference standards; Stomach neoplasms; Survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867495109     PISSN: 2093582X     EISSN: 20935641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5230/jgc.2010.10.4.234     Document Type: Article

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