Survival benefit of metastasectomy for Krukenberg tumors from gastric cancer
β Scribed by Jae Ho Cheong; Woo Jin Hyung; Jian Chen; Junuk Kim; Seung Ho Choi; Sung Hoon Noh
- Book ID
- 113959340
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 132 KB
- Volume
- 94
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0090-8258
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