Improving the accuracy of TNM staging in esophageal cancer: A pathological review of resected specimens

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3447-3458

  Thompson, Sarah K ^a   Ruszkiewicz, Andrew R ^b   Jamieson, Glyn G ^a   Esterman, Adrian ^c   Watson, David I ^d   Wijnhoven, Bas P L ^d   Lamb, Peter J ^a   Devitt, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Division of Surgical Pathology   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 58149288422     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-008-0155-0     Document Type: Article

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