Evaluation of the seventh AJCC TNM staging system for gastric cancer: a meta-analysis of cohort studies

Tumor Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 8525-8532

  Zhang, Jizhun ^a   Zhou, Yangbing ^b   Jiang, Kewei ^a   Shen, Zhanlong ^a   Ye, Yingjiang ^a   Wang, Shan ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao   (China)

Author keywords

AJCC; Gastric cancer; Prognosis; TNM classification

Indexed keywords

CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; REVIEW; STOMACH CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

COHORT STUDIES; NEOPLASM STAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84919872985     PISSN: 10104283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13277-014-1848-6     Document Type: Review

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