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Chemotherapy of Advanced Gastric Carcinoma in Elderly and High-Risk Patients

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Gastric Carcinoma

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Gastric carcinoma is the second leading cause of death in cases of malignant neoplasias in the Federal Republic of Germany. A total of 28 of 100,000 inhabitants die from gastric carcinoma every year.1

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  1. P. Preusser
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Gastroenterology and Oncology, General Hospital, Celle, Germany

    Jürgen Hotz M.D. (Professor of Medicine, Head) (Professor of Medicine, Head)

  2. Department of Surgery, Division of Abdominal and Transplantation Surgery, Medical University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany

    Hans-Joachim Meyer M.D. (Professor of Surgery) (Professor of Surgery)

  3. Department of Hematology/Oncology, Medical University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany

    H.-J. Schmoll M.D. (Professor) (Professor)

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Preusser, P., Wilke, H., Achterrath, W., Fink, U. (1989). Chemotherapy of Advanced Gastric Carcinoma in Elderly and High-Risk Patients. In: Hotz, J., Meyer, HJ., Schmoll, HJ. (eds) Gastric Carcinoma. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3636-8_15

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