The role of non-curative surgery in incurable, asymptomatic advanced gastric cancer.

BACKGROUND: Although general agreement exists on palliative surgery with intent of symptom palliation in advanced gastric cancer (AGC), the role of non-curative surgery for incurable, asymptomatic AGC is hotly debated. We aim to clarify the role of non-curative surgery in patients with incurable, as...

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Main Authors: Ming-ming He, Dong-sheng Zhang, Feng Wang, Zhi-qiang Wang, Hui-yan Luo, Ying Jin, Xiao-li Wei, Rui-hua Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3865283?pdf=render