Accurate lymph node assessment prior to trimodality therapy for esophageal carcinoma

Cancer Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 509-515

  Suntharalingam, Mohan ^a,b   Haas, Michael L ^a,b   Sonett, Joshua R ^a,b,c   Doyle, L Austin ^a,b   Hausner, Petr F ^a,b   Schuetz, Julie ^a,b   Greenwald, Bruce ^a,b   Krasna, Mark J ^a,b,c  

^a University of Maryland Medical System ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemoradiation; Esophageal carcinoma; Esophagectomy; Laparoscopy; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELIAC ARTERY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACOSCOPY; ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; METASTASIS; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0035513539     PISSN: 15289117     EISSN: 1540336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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