Usefulness of 7th UICC/AJCC Classification for Stomach Cancer in Korean Patients

Hang Lak Lee

doi:10.4166/kjg.2011.58.5.233

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Lee: Usefulness of 7th UICC/AJCC Classification for Stomach Cancer in Korean Patients

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Korean J Gastroenterol 2011;58(5):233-234.

Published online: 4 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4166/kjg.2011.58.5.233

Usefulness of 7th UICC/AJCC Classification for Stomach Cancer in Korean Patients

Hang Lak Lee

Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Correspondence to: Hang Lak Lee, Department of Gastroenterology, Hanyang University Hospital, 17, Hangdang-dong, Sungdong-gu, Seoul 133-070, Korea. Tel: +82-2-2290-8354, Fax: +82-2-2298-9183, E-mail: alwayshang@hanyang.ac.kr

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The Comparison between 6th and 7th International Union Against Cancer/American Joint Committee on Cancer Classification for Survival Prognosis of Gastric Cancer

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