New Treatments, New Challenges: Pathology's Perspective on Esophageal Carcinoma

Gastroenterology Clinics of North America

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 121-133

  Scudiere, Jennifer R ^a   Montgomery, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrett; Carcinoma; Duplication; Esophagus; Prognosis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTINEMATODAL AGENT; HEMATOPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; PHOTOFRIN; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 62749122972     PISSN: 08898553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gtc.2009.01.011     Document Type: Review

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