Is there a role for radical esophagectomy

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  Lerut, T ^a   Coosemans, W ^a   De Leyn, P ^a   Decker, G ^a   Deneffe, G ^a   Van Raemdonck, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cancer of the esophagus and gastroesophageal junction; R0 resection; Radical esophagectomy and lymphadenectomy

Indexed keywords

CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LYMPHADENECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BELGIUM; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032843741     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(99)00185-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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