Are cancers of the esophagus, gastroesophageal junction, and cardia one disease, two, or several?

Seminars in Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 444-449

  Rusch, Valerie W ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANATOMY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOGENESIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 4043152056     PISSN: 00937754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.seminoncol.2004.04.023     Document Type: Article

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