Future directions in esophageal cancer

Chest

Volumn 113, Issue 1 SUPPL., 1998, Pages 120S-122S

  Luketich, James D ^a   Schauer, Philip ^a   Urso, Katie ^a   Kassis, Edmund ^a   Ferson, Peter ^a   Keenan, Robert ^a   Landreneau, Rodney ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031975694     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.113.1_Supplement.120S     Document Type: Article

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