Undifferentiated carcinoma of the esophagus with rapid growth of lymph node. A case report and review of the literature

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Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 411-415

  Mori, Shozo ^a   Tagaya, Nobumi ^a   Hamada, Kiyoshige ^a   Nakagawa, Aya ^a   Sawada, Tokihiko ^a   Honma, Koichi ^a   Kubota, Keiichi ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Non small cell type; Synchronous triple cancer; Undifferentiated esophageal cancer

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; NEDAPLATIN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEMATEMESIS; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG HILUS; LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECTUM POLYP; REVIEW; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR GROWTH; UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA;

EID: 48249086172     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160809400319     Document Type: Review

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