Transhiatal and transthoracic resection in adenocarcinoma of the esophagus: Does the operative approach have an influence on the long-term prognosis?

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Gockel, Ines ^a   Heckhoff, Sina ^a   Messow, Claudia M ^a   Kneist, Werner ^a   Junginger, Theodor ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 27444446730     PISSN: 14777819     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-3-40     Document Type: Article

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