Surgical resection for esophageal carcinoma: Speaking the language

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 2211-2212

  Korst, Robert J ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal carcinoma; Terminology

Indexed keywords

CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HUMAN; INCISION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NOMENCLATURE; RADICAL REACTION; REVIEW; SOLID TUMOR; SURGEON; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR;

ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; HUMANS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 18744393396     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i15.2211     Document Type: Review

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