Prevalence and location of nodal metastases in distal esophageal adenocarcinoma confined to the wall: Implications for therapy

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 16-25

  Nigro, J J ^a   Hagen, J A ^a   Demeester, T R ^a   Demeester, S R ^a   Peters, J H ^a   Oberg, S ^a   Theisen, J ^a   Kiyabu, M ^a   Crookes, P F ^a   Bremner, C G ^a   Rice, T W ^a   Krasna, M J ^a   Egan, T M ^a   Altorki, N K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032893289     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(99)70464-2     Document Type: Article

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