Gastric Cancer in Young Patients with No Alarm Symptoms: Focus on Delay in Diagnosis, Stage of Neoplasm and Survival

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1249-1255

  Maconi, G ^a   Kurihara, H ^b   Panizzo, V ^b   Russo, A ^b   Cristaldi, M ^b   Marrelli, D ^b   Roviello, F ^b   De Manzoni, G ^b   Di Leo, A ^b   Morgagni, P ^b   Bechi, P ^b   Porro, G Bianchi ^b   Taschieri, A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alarm symptoms; Dyspepsia; Gastric cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPEPSIA; DYSPHAGIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH CARCINOMA; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 9144244823     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520310006360     Document Type: Article

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