Gastric cancer: a curable disease in Britain.

H M Sue-Ling; David A. Johnston; I. G. Martin; Michael F. Dixon; M R Lansdown; M J McMahon; A T Axon

doi:10.1136/bmj.307.6904.591

Abstract

These findings suggest that an increasing proportion of patients with gastric cancer could be diagnosed at a relatively early pathological stage when about two thirds are curable by means of radical surgery.

Keywords

MedicineCancerSurgeryStage (stratigraphy)Incidence (geometry)DiseaseAdenocarcinomaPathologicalInternal medicine

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Centre For Digestive Diseases AU

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Year: 1993
Type: article
Volume: 307
Issue: 6904
Pages: 591-596
Citations: 253
Access: Closed

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                                    H M Sue-Ling, 
                                
                                    David A. Johnston, 
                                
                                    I. G. Martin
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1993). 
                            Gastric cancer: a curable disease in Britain.. 
                            BMJ
                            , 307
                            (6904)
                            , 591-596.
                            https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.307.6904.591
                        

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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.307.6904.591