Significance of immunohistochemical nodal micrometastasis as a prognostic indicator in potentially curable oesophageal carcinoma

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 213-219

  Komukai, S ^a   Nishimaki, T ^a   Suzuki, T ^a   Kanda, T ^a   Kuwabara, S ^a   Hatakeyama, K ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL;

EID: 0036164555     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0007-1323.2001.01981.x     Document Type: Article

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