Learning curve for gastric cancer surgery based on actual survival

Gastric Cancer

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 631-638

  Kim, Chan Young ^a,c   Nam, Byung Ho ^a   Cho, Gyu Seok ^a,d   Hyung, Woo Jin ^a,e   Kim, Min Chan ^a,f   Lee, Hyuk Joon ^a,g   Ryu, Keun Won ^a   Ryu, Sung Wan ^a,h   Shin, Dong Woo ^a,i   Lee, Jun Ho ^a,b  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^d Soonchunhayng University   (South Korea)

^e Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^f Dong A University   (South Korea)

^g Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^h Kemyeong University   (South Korea)

ⁱ Bundang Jaeseng Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Learning curve; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOB EXPERIENCE; LEARNING CURVE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH KOREA; STOMACH CANCER; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; LEARNING CURVE; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURGEONS; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923356458     PISSN: 14363291     EISSN: 14363305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10120-015-0477-0     Document Type: Article

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