Prognostic Factors and Availability of D2 Lymph Node Dissection for the Patients with Stage II Gastric Cancer: Comparative Analysis of Subgroups in Stage II
โ Scribed by Joong-Min Park; Jong-Han Kim; Sung-Soo Park; Seung-Joo Kim; Young-Jae Mok; Chong-Suk Kim
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 244 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-2313
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