Should resectable esophageal cancer be resected?

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 447-449

  Mariette, Christophe ^a   Triboulet, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY;

EID: 33644982822     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/ASO.2006.08.022     Document Type: Editorial

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