Improved surgical results in thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: A 40-year analysis of 792 patients

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 518-526

  Shimada, Hideaki ^a   Matsubara, Hisahiro ^a   Okazumi, Shinichi ^a   Isono, Kaichi ^a   Ochiai, Takenori ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Long term survival; Number of positive lymph node; Upper mediastinum lymphadenectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38949090324     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-007-0280-2     Document Type: Article

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