Esophageal cancer staging: Improved accuracy by endoscopic ultrasound of celiac lymph nodes

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 319-321

  Reed, Carolyn E ^a   Mishra, Girish ^b   Sahai, Anand V ^b   Hoffman, Brenda J ^b   Hawes, Robert H ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032894490     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00031-4     Document Type: Article

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