Endosonographic detection of mediastinal lymph node metastasis in superficial carcinoma of the esophagus: Assessment by type classification and histogram

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-13

  Sakamoto, Fuminori ^a   Natsugoe, Shoji ^a   Yoshinaka, Heiji ^a   Shimada, Mario ^a   Owaki, Tetsuhiro ^a   Nakano, Shizuo ^a   Baba, Masamichi ^a   Aikou, Takashi ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endoscopic ultrasonography; Esophageal cancer; Histogram; Lymph node metastasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HISTOGRAM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1142275324     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-003-1238-0     Document Type: Article

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