Thoracic esophageal carcinoma above the carina: A more formidable adversary?

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 28-33

  Kato, Hoichi ^a   Tachimori, Yuji ^a   Watanabe, Hiroshi ^a   Yamaguchi, Hajime ^a   Ishikawa, Tsutomu ^a   Kagami, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

esophageal carcinoma; esophagectomy; lymph node metastasis; survival rate; tracheal bifurcation; tracheobronchial tree

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BRONCHI; CARCINOMA, ADENOSQUAMOUS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CARCINOSARCOMA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRACHEA;

EID: 0031009141     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199705)65:1<28::AID-JSO6>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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