Influence of circumferential resection margin on prognosis in distal esophageal and gastroesophageal cancer approached through the transhiatal route

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-48

  Scheepers, J J G ^a   Van Der Peet, D L ^a   Veenhof, A A F A ^a   Cuesta, M A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Circumferential resection margin; Esophageal cancer; Transhiatal esophagectomy

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; GEMCITABINE; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH CANCER; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURVIVAL TIME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

EID: 58749083586     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2008.00898.x     Document Type: Article

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