Minimally invasive surgical staging is superior to endoscopic ultrasound in detecting lymph node metastases in esophageal cancer

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 817-823

  Luketich, J D ^a   Schauer, P ^a   Landreneau, R ^a   Nguyen, N ^a   Urso, K ^a   Ferson, P ^a   Keenan, R ^a   Kim, R ^a   Rice, T W ^a   Altorki, N K ^a   Krasna, M J ^a   DeCamp M M , Jr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOSCOPY; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0030716865     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(97)70086-2     Document Type: Article

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