Tumors of the esophagogastric junction: Long-term survival in relation to the pattern of lymph node metastasis and a critical analysis of the accuracy or inaccuracy of pTNM classification

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-95

  Steup, W H ^a   De Leyn, P ^a   Deneffe, G ^a   Van Raemdonck, D ^a   Coosemans, W ^a   Lerut, T ^a   Hagen, J A ^a   Skinner, D B ^a   Steiger, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0030045032     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(96)70404-X     Document Type: Article

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