Original Article
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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 7, 2011; 17(29): 3390-3397
Published online Aug 7, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i29.3390
Trend in gastric cancer: 35 years of surgical experience in Japan
Keishi Yamashita, Shinichi Sakuramoto, Masayuki Nemoto, Tomotaka Shibata, Hiroaki Mieno, Natsuya Katada, Shiroh Kikuchi, Masahiko Watanabe
Keishi Yamashita, Shinichi Sakuramoto, Masayuki Nemoto, Tomotaka Shibata, Hiroaki Mieno, Natsuya Katada, Shiroh Kikuchi, Masahiko Watanabe, Department of Surgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kitasato 1-15-1, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan
Author contributions: Yamashita K contributed to study design, acquisition of data, analysis, interpretation of data, drafting and critical revision of the article; Sakuramoto S contributed to study design, acquisition of data, analysis, interpretation of data, drafting and critical revision of the article; Nemoto M, Shibata T, Mieno H, Katada N and Kikuchi S contributed to study design and acquisition of data; Watanabe M contributed to study design, and gave final approval of the version to be published.
Supported by Japanese Foundation for Multidisciplinary Treatment of Cancer.
Correspondence to: Masahiko Watanabe, MD, PhD, FACS, Professor, Department of Surgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kitasato-1-15-1, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 228-8555, Japan. gekaw@med.kitasato-u.ac.jp
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Received: August 7, 2010
Revised: February 15, 2011
Accepted: February 22, 2011
Published online: August 7, 2011
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