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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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Autor principal: KODERA, YASUHIRO
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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

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