Surgery for clinical T3 carcinomas of the upper thoracic oesophagus and the need for new strategies

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1235-1240

  Igaki, H ^a   Kato, H ^a   Tachimori, Y ^a   Nakanishi, Y ^a   Shimoda, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 26944453175     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.5081     Document Type: Article

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