Intraoperative pleural lavage in esophageal carcinoma

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 305-307

  Natsugoe, Shoji ^a   Shimada, Mario ^a   Nakashima, Saburo ^a   Tokuda, Koki ^a   Matsumoto, Masataka ^a   Kijima, Fumio ^a   Baba, Masamichi ^a   Shimizu, Ken ^b   Tanaka, Sadao ^b   Aikou, Takashi ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kagoshima City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dissemination; Esophageal carcinoma; Pleural lavage cytology; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PLEURA LAVAGE; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0032925828     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10434-999-0305-z     Document Type: Article

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