Cervical nodal metastasis from intrathoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma is not necessarily an incurable disease

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1638-1645

  Tong, Daniel King Hung ^a   Kwong, Dora Lai Wan ^a   Law, Simon ^a   Wong, Kam Ho ^a   Wong, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cervical lymph node metastases; Chemotherapy; Esophageal carcinoma; Radiotherapy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NECK; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THORAX TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; THORACIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 52549128011     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-008-0654-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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