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Clinical Course of Vitamin B12 Deficiency and Associated Risk Factors in Patients After Total Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer

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2023

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Toru Aoyama, Kentaro Hara, Yukio Maezawa, Keisuke Kazama, ITARU HASHIMOTO, Sho Sawazaki, KEISUKE KOMORI, HIROSHI TAMAGAWA, AYAKO TAMAGAWA, Kazuki Kano,
Anticancer Research

Abstract

Almost half of the patients were diagnosed with vitamin B12 deficiency at 6 months after total gastrectomy for gastric cancer. In addition, the occurrence of postoperative complications and adjuvant chemotherapy were risk factors for vitamin B12 deficiency at 6 months after surgery.

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