Staging of oesophagogastric cancer

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-2

  Allum, W H ^a  

^a EPSOM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE;

CANCER STAGING; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STOMACH CANCER;

ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031962141     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1998.00688.x     Document Type: Editorial

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