Minimally invasive surgery in the diagnosis and treatment of upper gastrointestinal tract malignancy

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 725-737

  Conlon, Kevin C ^a   McMahon, Ross L ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Laparoscopy; Staging; Surgical oncology

Indexed keywords

BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER CANCER; LIVER METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS CANCER; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; REVIEW; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH OBSTRUCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036790862     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/ASO.2002.02.015     Document Type: Review

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