Surgery for esophageal cancer: State of the art and future perspectives

European Surgery - Acta Chirurgica Austriaca

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 5-8

  DeMeester, T R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

En bloc resection; Esophageal adenocarcinoma; Lymph node dissection

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS;

EID: 0037000352     PISSN: 16821769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1563-2563.2002.02002.x     Document Type: Article

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