The prognosis of esophageal carcinoma staged irresectable (T4) by endosonography

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-23

  Fockens, Paul ^a   Kisman, Karolien ^a   Merkus, Maruschka P ^a   Van Jan Lanschot, J ^a   Hugo Obertop, C ^a   Tytgat, Guido N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031889783     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(97)00131-2     Document Type: Article

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