Prognosis of patients who develop cervical lymph node recurrence following curative resection for thoracic esophageal cancer

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 73-77

  Yano, Masahiko ^a   Takachi, K ^a   Doki, Y ^a   Miyashiro, I ^a   Kishi, K ^a   Noura, S ^a   Eguchi, H ^a   Yamada, T ^a   Ohue, M ^a   Ohigashi, H ^a   Sasaki, Y ^a   Ishikawa, O ^a   Matsunaga, T ^a   Imaoka, S ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Concurrent chemotherapy and radiation therapy; Esophageal neoplasms; Lymphatic metastasis; Relapse; Surgical resection

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645158617     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2006.00543.x     Document Type: Article

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