Ten year survival after excision of squamous cell cancer in Zenker's diverticulum: Report of a case

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Dionigi, Gianlorenzo ^a   Sessa, Fausto ^a   Rovera, Francesca ^a   Boni, Luigi ^a   Carrafiello, Gianpaolo ^a   Dionigi, Renzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERSALIVATION; MALE; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; ZENKER DIVERTICULUM;

EID: 33645894972     PISSN: 14777819     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-4-17     Document Type: Article

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