Mode of lymphadenectomy and surgical outcome of upper thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 619-625

  Shimada, Hideaki ^a   Okazumi, Shinn Ichi ^b   Shiratori, Tooru ^c   Akutsu, Yasunori ^c   Matsubara, Hisahiro ^c  

^a CHIBA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY SAKURA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Lymph node; Prognosis; Squamous cell carcinoma; Upper thoracic esophageal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 67349271292     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-008-0790-6     Document Type: Article

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