Pretreatment surgical lymph node staging predicts results of trimodality therapy in esophageal cancer

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 880-886

  Jiao, Xiaolong ^a   Krasna, Mark J ^a   Sonett, Joshua ^a   Gamliel, Ziv ^a   Suntharalingam, Mohan ^a   Doyle, Austin ^a   Greenwald, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal Cancer; Laparoscopy; Staging; Thoracoscopy; Trimodality treatment

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THORACOSCOPY;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034994416     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(01)00737-0     Document Type: Article

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