Biologic and clinical variations of adenocarcinoma at the esophago-gastric junction: Relevance of a topographic-anatomic subclassification

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 139-146

  Siewert, J Rüdiger ^a   Feith, Marcus ^a   Stein, Hubert J ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Cardia cancer; Classification; Esophageal cancer; Esophagogastric junction; Gastric cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; HEART CARCINOMA; HISTOGENESIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; TOPOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARDIA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 19644383978     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.20218     Document Type: Conference Paper

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