Proposed revision of the staging classification for esophageal cancer

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 660-670

  Korst, R J ^a   Rusch, V W ^a   Venkatraman, E ^a   Bains, M S ^a   Burt, M E ^a   Downey, R J ^a   Ginsberg, R J ^a   DeMeester, T R ^a   Mark, J B D ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0031916993     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(98)70332-0     Document Type: Article

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