Comparison of the Sixth and Seventh Editions of the AJCC TNM Classification for Gallbladder Cancer

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 925-930

  Oh, Tak Geun ^a   Chung, Moon Jae ^a   Bang, Seungmin ^a   Park, Seung Woo ^a   Chung, Jae Bok ^a   Song, Si Young ^a   Choi, Gi Hong ^a   Kim, Kyung Sik ^a   Lee, Woo Jung ^a   Park, Jeong Youp ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gallbladder cancer; Lymph nodes; Prognosis; TNM staging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876119313     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-012-2134-9     Document Type: Article

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