Surgical outcome after the clearance of abdominal metastatic lymph nodes in 138 patients with thoracic esophageal carcinoma

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 448-452

  Shimada, Hideaki ^a   Okazumi, Shin ichi ^a   Matsubara, Hisahiro ^a   Shiratori, Tooru ^a   Shuto, Kiyohiko ^a   Akutsu, Yasunori ^a   Nabeya, Yoshihiro ^a   Hayashi, Hideki ^a   Ochiai, Takenori ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Prognosis; Squamous cell carcinoma, Abdominal lymph node

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; EVALUATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947118730     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.06.047     Document Type: Article

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