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Efficacy of prophylactic splenectomy for proximal advanced gastric cancer invading greater curvature

BACKGROUND: For proximal gastric cancer invading the greater curvature, concomitant splenectomy is frequently performed to secure the clearance of lymph node metastases. However, prognostic impact of prophylactic splenectomy remains unclear. The aim of this study was to clarify the oncological signi...

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Autores principales: Ohkura, Yu, Haruta, Shusuke, Shindoh, Junichi, Tanaka, Tsuyoshi, Ueno, Masaki, Udagawa, Harushi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5445509/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28545537
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12957-017-1173-9