Extracapsular lymph node involvement is a negative prognostic factor in T3 adenocarcinoma of the distal esophagus and gastroesophageal junction

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1121-1127

  Lerut, T ^a   Coosemans, W ^a   Decker, G ^a   De Leyn, P ^a   Ectors, N ^a   Fieuws, S ^a   Moons, J ^a   Nafteux, P ^a   Van Raemdonck, D ^a   Krasna, Mark ^b   Casson, Alan G ^b   Luketich, James D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0142182640     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(03)00941-3     Document Type: Article

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