Esophagectomy for the Treatment of Esophageal Cancer

Gastroenterology Clinics of North America

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 169-181

  Tomaszek, Sandra ^a   Cassivi, Stephen D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Esophagectomy; Postoperative care; Quality of life; Surgical technique

Indexed keywords

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; HUMANS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 62649157832     PISSN: 08898553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gtc.2009.01.010     Document Type: Review

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