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GASTRIC CANCER WITH MINIMAL PERITONEAL METASTASIS: IS THIS A SIGN TO GIVE UP OR TO TREAT MORE AGGRESSIVELY?
Peritoneal metastasis from gastric cancer is often undetectable by routine imaging studies. Even a microscopic metastasis detected only by cytologic examination of the peritoneal washes denotes a dismal prognosis, and surgery is ruled out as futile for patients who turn out to be cytology-positive b...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nagoya University
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4345710/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23544263 |