Asian gastric cancer patients show superior survival: the experiences of a single Australian center

Gastric Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 256-261

  Chen, Yufei ^a,c   Haveman, Jan Willem ^a   Apostolou, Christos ^a   Chang, David K ^a   Merrett, Neil D ^a,b  

^a BANKSTOWN LIDCOMBE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asians; Ethnicity; Gastrectomy; Stomach neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUSTRALIA; CANCER STAGING; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR INVASION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUSTRALIA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84939893862     PISSN: 14363291     EISSN: 14363305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10120-014-0383-x     Document Type: Article

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