Gastric carcinoma. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Gastric cancer continues to be a major global health problem. In the American College of Surgeons Patient Care study on gastric cancer, 5-year disease-specific survival was 26%, with an overall survival of 14%. Improvements in survival will require both earlier diagnosis and new therapeutic strategies. The ability of surgical oncologists to understand the natural history of the disease, accurately define its extent, and provide the most effective treatment places them in a key position to see that improvements in outcome are brought about expeditiously.

publication date

  • January 1, 1998

Research

keywords

  • Carcinoma
  • Stomach Neoplasms

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 3643053994

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1007/BF02303836

PubMed ID

  • 9831115

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 5

issue

  • 7