Lymph Node Analysis in Esophageal Resection: American College of Surgeons Oncology Group Z0060 Trial

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 418-421

  Veeramachaneni, Nirmal K ^a   Zoole, Jennifer B ^a   Decker, Paul A ^b   Putnam Jr , Joe B ^c   Meyers, Bryan F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 47149117457     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.04.043     Document Type: Article

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