Gastric cancer in africa: Current management and outcomes

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 3875-3879

  Asombang, Akwi W ^a   Rahman, Rubayat ^a   Ibdah, Jamal A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Cancer management; Cancer outcomes; Cancer survival; Gastric cancer; Non communicable diseases

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH CANCER; SURVIVAL; AGE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFRICA; AGE FACTORS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84898446082     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i14.3875     Document Type: Article

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