Initial metastatic, including micrometastatic, sites of lymph nodes in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 6-11

  Natsugoe, Shoji ^a   Matsumoto, Masataka ^a   Okumura, Hiroshi ^a   Nakashima, Saburo ^a   Higashi, Hiroshi ^a   Uenosono, Yoshikazu ^a   Ehi, Katsuhiko ^a   Ishigami, Sumiya ^a   Takao, Sonshin ^a   Aikou, Takashi ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Immunohistochemistry; Initial nodal metastasis; Lymph node metastasis; Micrometastasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 19944427530     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.20172     Document Type: Article

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