Endoscopic ultrasound: Doubtful accuracy for restaging esophageal cancer after preoperative chemotherapy

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 166-169

  Machlenkin, Svetlana ^a   Melzer, Ehud ^a   Idelevich, Efraim ^a   Ziv Sokolovsky, Nadia ^a   Klein, Yoram ^a   Kashtan, Hanoch ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Endoscopic ultrasound; Esophageal cancer; Neoadjuvant therapy; Staging

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG RESPONSE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67549138950     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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