Endoscopic ultrasonography for preoperative staging of esophageal carcinoma

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 162-165

  Massari, Milena ^a,b   Cioffi, Ugo ^b   De Simone, Matilde ^a   Lattuada, Ezio ^b   Montorsi, Marco ^b   Segalin, Andrea ^b   Bonavina, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endoscopic ultrasonography; Esophageal carcinoma; TNM staging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030950451     PISSN: 10517200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019509-199704000-00021     Document Type: Article

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