Clinicopathological features of early esophageal squamous cell carcinoma with subsequent recurrence

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 145-148

  Nozoe, T ^a,b   Saeki, H ^b   Ohga, T ^b   Sugimachi, K ^b  

^a FUKUOKA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL;

EID: 0036408867     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2050.2002.00241.x     Document Type: Article

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