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How should we treat gastric cancer in the very elderly?

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11

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2013

Year

Shozo Fujiwara, Tsuyoshi Noguchi, Katsuhisa Harada, Takuya Noguchi, Shinsuke Wada, Hatsuo Moriyama
PubMed

Abstract

Whenever radical resection is possible, surgical resection for gastric cancer, even in the very elderly, should not be denied. Nevertheless, surgeons should try to do less invasive surgery, especially for the very elderly.