Clinicopathologic characteristics and survival of patients with clinical Stage I squamous cell carcinomas of the thoracic esophagus treated with three-field lymph node dissection

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1089-1094

  Igaki, Hiroyasu ^a   Kato, Hoichi ^a   Tachimori, Yuji ^a   Daiko, Hiroyuki ^a   Fukaya, Masahide ^a   Yajima, Satoshi ^a   Nakanishi, Yukihiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clinical Stage I; Esophageal carcinoma; Lymph node metastasis; Squamous cell carcinoma; Three field lymph node dissection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; THORAX TUMOR; ULTRASOUND; X RAY ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0035173325     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(01)01003-X     Document Type: Article

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