Superiority of a new UICC-TNM staging system for gastric carcinoma
β Scribed by Hideki Hayashi; Takenori Ochiai; Takao Suzuki; Hideaki Shimada; Seiji Hori; Akihiko Takeda; Yukimasa Miyazawa
- Book ID
- 117849097
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 62 KB
- Volume
- 127
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0039-6060
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