Adenocarcinomas of the distal esophagus and "gastric cardia" are predominantly esophageal carcinomas

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 569-575

  Chandrasoma, Parakrama ^a,b   Wickramasinghe, Kumari ^a   Ma, Yanling ^a   DeMeester, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Barrett esophagus; Esophagus; Gastric cardia; Gastro esophageal junction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CARDIA CARCINOMA; CELL TYPE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGOGASTROSTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STOMACH MUCOSA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CARDIA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGITIS, PEPTIC; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34147111037     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000213394.34451.d2     Document Type: Article

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