Surgical treatment for carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus with major involvement in the neck or upper mediastinum

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 6-10

  Matsubara, Toshiki ^a   Ueda, Mamoru ^a   Nagao, Narutoshi ^a   Takahashi, Takashi ^a   Nakajima, Toshifusa ^a   Nishi, Mitsumasa ^a  

^a CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus; Major involvement of the neck or upper mediastinum; Surgical treatment for esophageal cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE RESECTION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MEDIASTINUM METASTASIS; NECK METASTASIS; NERVE PARALYSIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031906427     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199801)67:1<6::AID-JSO2>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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