Improved tumor staging by diagnostic laparoscopy

Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 483-488

  Arnold, J C ^a   Neubauer, H J ^b   Zopf T ^b   Schneider, A ^b   Benz, C ^b   Adamek, H E ^b   Riemann, J F ^a  

^a KLINIKUM LUDWIGSHAFEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ascites; Esophageal cancer; Gastric cancer; Laparoscopy; Pancreatic cancer; Tumor staging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PANCREAS CANCER; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; STOMACH CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; PERITONEUM; STOMACH; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032826799     PISSN: 00442771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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