Surgical treatment of superficial esophageal cancer, its result and perspective

Esophagus

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 155-158

  Udagawa, Harushi ^a   Ueno, Masaki ^a   Tsutsumi, Kenji ^a   Kinoshita, Yoshihiro ^a   Mine, Shinji ^a   Ehara, Kazuhisa ^a   Tsurumaru, Masahiko ^b  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esophageal neoplasms; Esophagectomy; Surgical pathology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERFICIAL CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 38849172562     PISSN: 16129059     EISSN: 16129067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10388-007-0137-5     Document Type: Article

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