Refining esophageal cancer staging

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1103-1113

  Rice, Thomas W ^a   Blackstone, Eugene H ^a   Rybicki, Lisa A ^a   Adelstein, David J ^a   Murthy, Sudish C ^a   DeCamp, Malcolm M ^a   Goldblum, John R ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0037512314     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2003.170     Document Type: Article

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