European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Volume 36, Issue 6 , Pages 563-567 , June 2010

Impact of tumor infiltration pattern into the surrounding tissue on prognosis of the subserosal gastric cancer (pT2b)

  • K.Y. Song

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Seoul, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital. 505 Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul 137-701 Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • H. Hur

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Seoul, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital. 505 Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul 137-701 Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • C.K. Jung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hospital Pathology, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • E.S. Jung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hospital Pathology, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • S.N. Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Seoul, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital. 505 Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul 137-701 Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • H.M. Jeon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Seoul, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital. 505 Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul 137-701 Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • C.H. Park

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Seoul, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital. 505 Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul 137-701 Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82 2 2258 6099; fax: +82 2 595 2992.

,Accepted 12 April 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2010.04.006

European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Volume 36, Issue 6 , Pages 563-567 , June 2010

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