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Cho: Does Surgical Resection Improve the Survival in Elderly Patients with Gastric Cancer?

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Korean J Gastroenterol 2011;58(1):1-2.

Published online: 4 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4166/kjg.2011.58.1.1

Does Surgical Resection Improve the Survival in Elderly Patients with Gastric Cancer?

Soo-Jeong Cho

Cancer for Gastric Cancer, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea

Correspondence to: Soo-Jeong Cho, Center for Gastric Cancer, National Cancer Center, 809, Madu 1-dong, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang 411-769, Korea. Tel: +82-31-920- 1604, Fax: +82-31-920-1289, E-mail: crystal522@ncc.re.kr

Copyright © 2011 Korean Ophthalmological Society

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Clinicopathological characteristics of gastric cancer and survival improvement by surgical treatment in the elderly

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