Should the esophageal cancer staging system be revised?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 992-993

  Rusch, Valerie W ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0038350980     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2003.259     Document Type: Editorial

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