Nodal staging in adenocarcinoma of the gastro-esophageal junction. Proposal of a specific staging system

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 299-305

  Pedrazzani, Corrado ^a   De Manzoni, Giovanni ^b   Marrelli, Daniele ^a   Giacopuzzi, Simone ^b   Corso, Giovanni ^a   Bernini, Marco ^b   Roviello, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gastro esophageal junction adenocarcinoma; JGCA classification; Lymph node metastasis; TNM classification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ITALY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER ADENOCARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RISK;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33846575184     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-006-9094-9     Document Type: Article

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