## Abstract Although standard radical gastrectomy for gastric cancer, including lymph node dissection of compartments I and II, has been commonly utilized in Japan, new trends in gastric cancer surgery recently have been developed. In the treatment of early gastric cancer, endoscopic and limited su
Progress in gastric cancer surgery in Japan and its limits of radicality
β Scribed by Keiichi Maruyama; Kenzo Okabayashi; Taira Kinoshita
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 833 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-2313
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