Comparison between site N-category and number N-category for nodal staging in carcinoma of the gastroesophageal junction: Our experience and literature review

American Surgeon

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 118-123

  Aurello, Paolo ^a,b   D'Angelo, Francesco ^a   Nigri, Giuseppe ^a   Bellagamba, Riccardo ^a   Cicchini, Claudia ^a   Ruzzetti, Romina ^a   Ramacciato, Giovanni ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ITALY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH TUMOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROME; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33645295810     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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