Surgery for unusual histopathologic variants of esophageal neoplasms: A report of 23 cases with emphasis on histopathologic characteristics

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 261-267

  Klaase, J M ^a,b   Hulscher, J B F ^a   Offerhaus, G J A ^a   Ten Kate, F J W ^a   Obertop, H ^a   Van Lanschot, J J B ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Esophageal neoplasms; Histopathological characteristics; Small cell carcinoma; Unusual variants

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOSARCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ENUCLEATION; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MELANOMA; MESENCHYMOMA; MIXED TUMOR; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FACTUAL DATABASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, ADENOSQUAMOUS; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0038809973     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/ASO.2003.05.029     Document Type: Article

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