Extracapsular lymph node involvement in node-positive patients with adenocarcinoma of the distal esophagus or gastroesophageal junction

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 171-176

  Lagarde, Sjoerd M ^a,b   Ten Kate, Fiebo J W ^a   De Boer, Daan J ^a   Busch, Olivier R C ^a   Obertop, Hugo ^a   Van Lanschot, J Jan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Esophagus; Extracapsular lymph node involvement; Gastroesophageal junction; Staging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33645210666     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000189182.92815.12     Document Type: Article

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