Long-Term Survival is not Impaired after the Complete Resection of Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Appendix

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2670-2676

  Steffen, Thomas ^a   Ebinger, Sabrina M ^a   Warschkow, René ^a,b   Lüthi, Cornelia ^a   Schmied, Bruno M ^a   Clerici, Thomas ^a  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84942985047     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-015-3164-8     Document Type: Article

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