Lymph node metastasis in early gastric cancer

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 560-567

  Chen, Rong ^a,b   He, Qing Sheng ^a,b   Cui, Jian Xin ^a   Bian, Shi Bo ^a,b   Chen, Lin ^a,b  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Clinicopathological factors; Early gastric cancer; Lymph node metastasis

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; GELATINASE B; INTERLEUKIN 2;

AGE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC MUCOSAL RESECTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MICROMETASTASIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SEX; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH ULCER; TUMOR INVASION; TUMOR VOLUME; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84893096115     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.20123235     Document Type: Review

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