Lymph-node dissection in squamous cell esophageal cancer - Who benefits?

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 384, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-148

  Siewert, J R ^a   Stein, H J ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Lymph node dissection; Lymphadenectomy

Indexed keywords

CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL APPROACH;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032964663     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004230050184     Document Type: Review

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