Clinicopathologic characteristics of superficial spreading type squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus

Oncology Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 313-316

  Nozoe, Tadahiro ^a   Saeki, Hiroshi ^a   Ohga, Takefumi ^a   Sugimachi, Keizo ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esophagus; Squamous cell carcinoma; Superficial spreading type

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CARCINOMA IN SITU; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOSA; PATHOLOGY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0036511361     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.9.2.313     Document Type: Article

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