Does the TNM Staging System for Esophageal Cancer Need Revision?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 202, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 855-856

  Pramesh, C S ^a   Mistry, Rajesh C ^a   Jambhekar, Nirmala A ^a   Laskar, Sarbani G ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33646107147     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2006.02.005     Document Type: Letter

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