Prognostic factors after extended esophagectomy for squamous cell carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 88-93

  Tachibana, Mitsuo ^a   Kinugasa, Shoichi ^a   Dhar, Dipok Kumar ^a   Kotoh, Tsukasa ^a   Shibakita, Muneaki ^a   Ohno, Satoshi ^a   Masunaga, Reiko ^a   Kubota, Hirofumi ^a   Kohno, Hitoshi ^a   Nagasue, Naofumi ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Extended esophagectomy; Long term result; Prognostic factor; Three field lymphadenectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032699139     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199910)72:2<88::AID-JSO9>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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