Prediction of lymph node status in patients with superficial esophageal carcinoma: Analysis of 160 surgically resected cancers

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 250-254

  Shimada, Hideaki ^a   Nabeya, Yoshihiro ^a   Matsubara, Hisahiro ^a   Okazumi, Shin Ichi ^a   Shiratori, Tooru ^a   Shimizu, Takanori ^a   Aoki, Taito ^a   Shuto, Kiyohiko ^a   Akutsu, Yasunori ^a   Ochiai, Takenori ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lymph node metastasis; Lymphatic invasion; Neck dissection; Superficial esophageal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPERFICIAL CANCER; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK;

EID: 31444434052     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2005.07.035     Document Type: Article

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