Extracapsular lymph node involvement differs between squamous cell and adenocarcinoma of the esophagus

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 447-453

  Metzger, Ralf ^a   Drebber, Uta ^a   Baldus, Stephan E ^b   Mönig, Stefan P ^a   Hölscher, Arnulf H ^a   Bollschweiler, Elfriede ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59449092849     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-008-0248-9     Document Type: Article

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