CT or EUS for the initial staging of esophageal cancer? A cost minimization analysis

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 715-720

  Hadzijahic, Neven ^a   Wallace, Michael B ^a   Hawes, Robert H ^a   VanVelse, Annette ^a   LeVeen, Margaret ^a   Marsi, Vicki ^a   Hoffman, Brenda J ^a   Sahai, Anand V ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; LYMPHADENOPATHY; METASTASIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033664594     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2000.108481     Document Type: Article

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