Staging of esophageal cancer by EUS: staging accuracy revisited

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 475-482

  Shimpi, Rahul A ^a   George, Josh ^a   Jowell, Paul ^a   Gress, Frank G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34548095941     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2007.03.1051     Document Type: Article

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