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Original Article

Postoperative Staging of Gastric Carcinoma a Comparison between the UICC Stage Classification and the 12th Edition of the Japanese General Rules for Gastric Cancer Study

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Pages 476-480 | Received 10 Jul 1995, Accepted 29 Oct 1995, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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