Role of esophagectomy in treatment of esophageal carcinoma with clinical evidence of adjacent organ invasion

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 279-284

  Matsubara, Toshiki ^a   Ueda, Mamoru ^a   Kokudo, Norihiro ^a   Takahashi, Takashi ^a   Muto, Tetsuichiro ^a   Yanagisawa, Akio ^a  

^a CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; HUMANS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035047092     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002680020060     Document Type: Article

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