Ultrasound, computed tomography, or the combination for the detection of supraclavicular lymph nodes in patients with esophageal or gastric cardia cancer: A comparative study

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 200-206

  Van Vliet, Evelyn P M ^a   Van Der Lugt, Aad ^a   Kuipers, Ernst J ^a   Tilanus, Hugo W ^a   Van Der Gaast, Ate ^a   Hermans, John J ^a   Siersema, Peter D ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Esophagus; Lymph nodes; Neoplasm; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CARDIA CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPRACLAVICULAR LYMPH NODE; ADENOCARCINOMA; CARDIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STOMACH TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CARDIA; DATABASES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 35448941901     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.20819     Document Type: Article

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