Positive impact on surgical treatment for asymptomatic patients with esophageal carcinoma

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 29, 1999, Pages 2854-2858

  Natsugoe, Shoji ^a   Baba, Masamichi ^a   Shimada, Mario ^a   Kijima, Fumio ^a   Kusano, Chikara ^a   Yoshinaka, Heiji ^a   Mueller, James ^a   Aikou, Takashi ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic esophageal cancer; Early cancer; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOMA IN SITU; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0032748542     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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