Margin involvement and outcome in oesophageal carcinoma: A 10-year experience in a specialist unit

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 313-317

  Mulligan, E D ^a   Dunne, B ^a   Griffin, M ^a   Keeling, N ^a   Reynolds, J V ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Margin; Oesophageal carcinoma; Pre operative chemoradiotherapy; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 1842487541     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2003.11.009     Document Type: Article

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