Radical lymph node dissection for cancer of the thoracic esophagus

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 220, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 364-373

  Akiyama, Hiroshi ^a   Tsurumaru, Masahiko ^a   Udagawa, Harushi ^a   Kajiyama, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0027993069     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199409000-00012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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