Clinical manifestations in patients with alpha-fetoprotein-producing gastric cancer

Current Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 394-399

  Lin, H J ^a,b   Hsieh, Y H ^c,d   Fang, W L ^e,f   Huang, K H ^e,f   Li, A F Y ^a,e  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alpha fetoprotein; Early gastric cancer; Gastric cancer; Metastasis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84902649133     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17187729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3747/co.21.1768     Document Type: Article

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