Carcinosarcoma and pseudosarcoma of the esophagus: Two names, one disease - Comprehensive review of the literature

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 153-157

  Iascone, Clemente ^a   Barreca, Marco ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOSARCOMA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PSEUDOSARCOMA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; CARCINOMA; CARCINOSARCOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FIBROMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0032958819     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00013169     Document Type: Article

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