The role of laparoscopy in preoperative staging of esophageal cancer

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 495-499

  Heath, E I ^a   Kaufman, H S ^a   Talamini, M A ^a   Wu, T T ^a   Wheeler, J ^a   Heitmiller, R F ^a   Kleinberg, L ^a   Yang, S C ^a   Olukayode, K ^a   Forastiere, A A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Laparoscopy; Staging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033932361     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004640001024     Document Type: Article

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