Oesophageal cancer staging using endoscopic ultrasonography

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 994-998

  Vickers, J ^a,b   Alderson, D ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031851567     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1998.00694.x     Document Type: Article

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