The Treatment of Peritoneal Carcinomatosis in Advanced Gastric Cancer: State of the Art
Gastric cancer (GC) is the fourth most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death in the world; 53–60% of patients show disease progression and die of peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC). PC of gastric origin has an extremely inauspicious prognosis with a median survival estimate at 1–3 m...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2014-01-01
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Series: | International Journal of Surgical Oncology |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/912418 |