How does the 7th TNM edition fit in gastric cancer management?

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1219-1221

  Rausei, Stefano ^a   Dionigi, Gianlorenzo ^a   Boni, Luigi ^a   Rovera, Francesca ^a   Dionigi, Renzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; DISTANT METASTASIS; EDITORIAL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT CARE; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH CANCER;

EID: 85028128700     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-010-1346-z     Document Type: Editorial

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