Lymphatic spread and microinvolvement in adenocarcinoma of the esophago-gastric junction

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 307-315

  Schurr, Paulus G ^a   Yekebas, Emre F ^a   Kaifi, Jussuf T ^a   Lasch, Steffi ^a   Strate, Tim ^a   Kutup, Asad ^a   Cataldegirmen, Guel ^a   Bubenheim, Michael ^a   Pantel, Klaus ^a   Izbicki, Jakob R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Ber Ep4; Esophagogastric junction; Micrometastasis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORACIC CAVITY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CARDIA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33748305567     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.20582     Document Type: Article

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