Role of thoracoscopic lymph node staging for lung and esophageal cancer

ONCOLOGY

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 793-802

  Krasna, Mark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; CANCER STAGING; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDIASTINUM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; THORACOSCOPY;

BIOPSY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MEDIASTINUM; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 0030158976     PISSN: 08909091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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