Evaluation of the 7th AJCC TNM staging system in point of lymph node classification

Journal of Gastric Cancer

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 94-100

  Kim, Sung Hoo ^a   Ha, Tae Kyung ^a   Kwon, Sung Joon ^a  

^a Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lymph nodes; Neoplasm staging; Stomach neoplasms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867509984     PISSN: 2093582X     EISSN: 20935641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5230/jgc.2011.11.2.94     Document Type: Review

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