Frequency of nodal metastases to the upper mediastinum in Barrett's cancer

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 807-811

  Schroder W ^a   Monig S P ^a   Baldus, S E ^a   Gutschow, C ^a   Schneider, P M ^a   Holscher A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Barrett's cancer; Esophagectomy; Lymphadenectomy; Nodal metastasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036789832     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/ASO.2002.01.004     Document Type: Article

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