Esophageal cancer

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 20-29

  Lightdale, Charles J ^a  

^a Columbia Univ Coll Phys Surgs ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 0032611438     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1999.00767.x     Document Type: Review

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