Endoscopic ultrasonography-detected low-volume ascites as a predictor of inoperability for oesophagogastric cancer

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1127-1130

  Sultan, J ^a   Robinson, S ^a   Hayes, N ^a   Griffin, S M ^a   Richardson, D L ^a   Preston, S R ^a,b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCITES; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LOW VOLUME ASCITES; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASCITES; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 50249143468     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.6299     Document Type: Conference Paper

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