Endosonographic staging of 100 consecutive patients with esophageal carcinoma: Introduction of the 8-mm esophagoprobe

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 258-263

  Bowrey, D J ^a,d   Clark, G W B ^a   Roberts, S A ^b   Maughan, T S ^c   Hawthorne, A B ^a   Williams, G T ^a   Carey, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c VELINDRE CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d NEVILL HALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOSCOPES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0033499484     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2050.1999.00071.x     Document Type: Article

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