Lymph Node Dissection in Surgical Treatment of Esophageal Neoplasms

Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 115-131

  Law, Simon ^a   Wong, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 33847343031     PISSN: 10553207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soc.2006.10.008     Document Type: Review

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