CALGB 9380: A prospective trial of the feasibility of thoracoscopy/laparoscopy in staging esophageal cancer

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1073-1079

  Krasna, Mark J ^a   Reed, Carolyn E ^b   Nedzwiecki, Donna ^b   Hollis, Donna R ^b   Luketich, James D ^b   DeCamp, Malcolm M ^b   Mayer, Robert J ^b   Sugarbaker, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOSCOPY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NORTH CAROLINA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 0035063768     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02680-1     Document Type: Article

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