Aging over 70 Years Is Not a Decisively Dismal Prognostic Factor in Gastric Cancer Surgery |
Cho, Sung-Il
(Department of Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine)
Jang, You-Jin (Department of Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine) Kim, Jong-Han (Department of Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine) Park, Sung-Soo (Department of Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine) Park, Seong-Heum (Department of Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine) Kim, Seung-Joo (Department of Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine) Kim, Chong-Suk (Department of Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine) Mok, Young-Jae (Department of Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine) |
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