So-called carcinosarcoma of the esophagus: Report of a case

Journal of Nippon Medical School

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 171-174

  Akagi, Ichiro ^a   Miyashita, Masao ^a   Makino, Hiroshi ^a   Nomura, Tsutomu ^a   Ohkawa, Keiichi ^a   Tajiri, Takashi ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinosarcoma; Esophagus; Operation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOSARCOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMAGING; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY;

AGED; CARCINOSARCOMA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 45349107332     PISSN: 13454676     EISSN: 13473409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1272/jnms.75.171     Document Type: Article

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