Indications for three-field dissection followed by esophagectomy for advanced carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 239-245

  Tabira, Y ^a   Okuma, T ^a   Kondo, K ^a   Kitamura, N ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISSECTION; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0032928656     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(99)70418-6     Document Type: Article

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