Recurrent esophageal carcinoma after esophagectomy with three-field lymph node dissection

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 267-271

  Kato, Hoichi ^a   Tachimori, Yuji ^a   Watanabe, Hiroshi ^a   Igaki, Hiroyasu ^a   Nakanishi, Yukihiro ^a   Ochiai, Atsushi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

esophagus; lymphadenectomy; recurrence; survival rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0029870881     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199604)61:4<267::AID-JSO6>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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