Prognostic value and interobserver agreement of endoscopic ultrasonography for superficial squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus: A prospective study

International Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-8

  Yanai, Hideo ^a   Harada, Toshiya ^b   Okamoto, Takeshi ^b   Hirano, Atsuyoshi ^b   Takeo, Naori ^b   Yoshida, Tomoharu ^b   Okita, Kiwamu ^b   Kawano, Toyokazu ^b  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Endoscopic ultrasonography; Superficial esophageal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 3242667258     PISSN: 01694197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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