Preoperative noninvasive EUS evaluation in patients with esophageal cancer considered for esophagectomy

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 137-141

  Gheorghe, Cristian ^a,d   Stanescu, Codrut ^b   Gheorghe, Liana ^a   Bancila, Ion ^a   Herlea, Vlad ^c   Becheanu, Gabriel ^a   Voinea, Daniela ^a   Iacob, Razvan ^a   Lupescu, Ioana ^d   Anghel, Rodica ^e   Croitoru, Adina ^a   Popescu, Irinel ^b  

^a Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fundeni   (Romania)

^b Center of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation   (Romania)

^c Pathology Department   (Romania)

^d FUNDENI CLINICAL INSTITUTE   (Romania)

^e Institutul Oncologic Prof Dr Alexandru Trestioreanu Bucuresti   (Romania)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Esophageal ultrasonography; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CELIAC ARTERY; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33745737024     PISSN: 18418724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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