The impact of endoscopic ultrasound and computed tomography on the TNM staging of early cancer in Barrett's esophagus

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2223-2229

  Pech, Oliver ^a   May, Andrea ^a   Günter, Erwin ^a   Gossner, Liebwin ^a   Ell, Christian ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDIZATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33749189348     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00718.x     Document Type: Article

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