Improving the standard of lymph node retrieval after gastric cancer surgery

Histopathology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 316-324

  Hanna, George B ^a   Amygdalos, Iakovos ^a   Ni, Melody ^a   Boshier, Piers R ^a   Mikhail, Sameh ^a   Lloyd, Josephine ^a   Goldin, Robert ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gastrectomy; Lymph node; Lymph node excision; Neoplasm staging; Surgical pathology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; STOMACH CANCER; SURGICAL APPROACH;

GASTRECTOMY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; NEOPLASM STAGING; SURGICAL PATHOLOGY;

GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84882570629     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/his.12167     Document Type: Article

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