Editorial: Should we recommend surgery to patients with limited small cell carcinoma of the esophagus?

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1373-1376

  Jatoi, Aminah ^a   Miller, Robert C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

CANCER CENTER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL APPROACH; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 61449561506     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e31818dd98f     Document Type: Editorial

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