The role of thoracoscopic lymph node staging in esophageal cancer

International Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-11

  Krasna, Mark J ^a,b  

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

^b Box #167 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal neoplasms; Neoplasm staging; Thoracoscopy; Videoassisted thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; THORACOSCOPY;

ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPH NODES; NEOPLASM STAGING; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 0030950617     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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