Extensive sampling improves preoperative bronchoscopic assessment of airway invasion by supracarinal esophageal cancer: A prospective study in 166 patients

Chest

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1652-1660

  Riedel, Martin ^a   Stein, Hubert J ^a   Mounyam, Leonard ^a   Lembeck, Rolf ^a   Siewert, Jörg R ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Esophageal neoplasms; Esophagectomy; Staging; Trachea

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE COURSE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0034881184     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.119.6.1652     Document Type: Article

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