Simple staging criteria for esophageal carcinoma: Classification with a strict prognostic stratification

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 307-311

  Nozoe, Tadahiro ^a,c   Sugimachi, Keizo ^b  

^a National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FUKUOKA HIGASHI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esophageal carcinoma; Prognostic stratification; Staging criteria

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS RECONSTRUCTION; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0037503719     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-200306000-00020     Document Type: Article

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