Dilation of malignant esophageal stenosis to allow EUS guided fine- needle aspiration: Safety and effect on patient management

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 309-313

  Wallace, Michael B ^a   Hawes, Robert H ^a   Sahai, Anand V ^a   Van Velse, Annette ^a   Hoffman, Brenda J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 0034099911     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(00)70360-9     Document Type: Article

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