Role of endoscopic ultrasound in the preoperative assessment of patients with oesophageal cancer

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 233-239

  Vickers, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Endoscopic ultrasound; Oesophagus; Staging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION;

ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031823661     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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